diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-deb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-deb/default.nix
index 668a623ee2a5..f171a1500454 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-deb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cargo-deb/default.nix
@@ -8,24 +8,26 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "cargo-deb";
-  version = "1.24.0";
+  version = "1.29.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mmstick";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "b49351f6770aa7aeb053dd1d4a02d6b086caad2a";
-    sha256 = "1hs96yv0awgi7ggpxp7k3n21jpv642sm0529b21hs9ib6kp4vs8s";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-oWivGy2azF9zpeZ0UAi7Bxm4iXFWAjcBG0pN7qtkSU8=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security ];
 
-  cargoSha256 = "1vqnnqn6rzkdi239bh3lk7gaxr7w6v3c4ws4ya1ah04g6v9hkzlw";
-
-  checkType = "debug";
+  cargoSha256 = "0j9frvcmy9hydw73v0ffr0bjvq2ykylnpmiw700z344djpaaa08y";
 
   preCheck = ''
     substituteInPlace tests/command.rs \
-      --replace 'target/debug' "target/${rust.toRustTarget stdenv.buildPlatform}/debug"
+      --replace 'target/debug' "target/${rust.toRustTarget stdenv.buildPlatform}/release"
+
+    # This is an FHS specific assert depending on glibc location
+    substituteInPlace src/dependencies.rs \
+      --replace 'assert!(deps.iter().any(|d| d.starts_with("libc")));' '// no libc assert here'
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {