diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
index e3954598cbe..a6f7f55cad7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/default.nix
@@ -74,21 +74,21 @@ assert drmSupport         -> available libdrm;
 let
   # Purity: Waf is normally downloaded by bootstrap.py, but
   # for purity reasons this behavior should be avoided.
-  wafVersion = "1.9.15";
+  wafVersion = "2.0.9";
   waf = fetchurl {
     urls = [ "https://waf.io/waf-${wafVersion}"
              "http://www.freehackers.org/~tnagy/release/waf-${wafVersion}" ];
-    sha256 = "0qrnlv91cb0v221w8a0fi4wxm99q2hpz10rkyyk4akcsvww6xrw5";
+    sha256 = "0j7sbn3w6bgslvwwh5v9527w3gi2sd08kskrgxamx693y0b0i3ia";
   };
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mpv-${version}";
-  version = "0.28.2";
+  version = "0.29.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mpv-player";
     repo  = "mpv";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0bldxhqjz7z9fgvx4k40l49awpay17fscp8ypswb459yicy8npmg";
+    sha256 = "0i2nl65diqsjyz28dj07h6d8gq6ix72ysfm0nhs8514hqccaihs3";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''