diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/gettext-0.25.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/gettext-0.25.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7df3cbdd2204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/gettext-0.25.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 66d92954..05e81c52 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects 1.11])
+ AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.25])
++AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
++
+ dnl Requires autoconf 2.60
+ AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/package.nix
index 7e755a54a027..49a4df588b4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ow/owntone/package.nix
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  version = "28.12";
+  version = "29.0";
   pname = "owntone";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "owntone";
     repo = "owntone-server";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-Mj3G1+Hwa/zl0AM4SO6TcB4W3WJkpIDzrSPEFx0vaEk=";
+    hash = "sha256-Z9u5clC6m5gDAKkvyvrQs9muNK/P0ipHgQUmTHLRumE=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     lib.optionals chromecastSupport [ "--enable-chromecast" ]
     ++ lib.optionals pulseSupport [ "--with-pulseaudio" ];
 
+  patches = [
+    ./gettext-0.25.patch
+  ];
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {