diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
index 3ff22223e4d5..1c509784a3a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rerun";
-  version = "0.28.2";
+  version = "0.29.0";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "rerun-io";
     repo = "rerun";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-4zijWVLXnNQLqEMWnO1o/fnCoBjESDbn14CQyCP2o2s=";
+    hash = "sha256-15wYH+MhrAaW7MPl7Kkh7u5SzxIGXTj2HkhJGZ38kMo=";
   };
 
   # The path in `build.rs` is wrong for some reason, so we patch it to make the passthru tests work
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail '"rerun_sdk/rerun_cli/rerun"' '"rerun_sdk/rerun"'
   '';
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-FrOo4+5S8JAlQSmDvH0omhOsG9PjZMvRejk9VHEucVY=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-TVsPS1jzDzRSY9b636Tv30WupCnyfADeA+8pYn8STIs=";
 
   cargoBuildFlags = [
     "--package rerun-cli"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix
index d429aaa7e6bb..452c04b67da2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix
@@ -36,9 +36,23 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     src
     version
     cargoDeps
-    postPatch
     ;
 
+  postPatch =
+    (rerun.postPatch or "")
+
+    # error: failed to parse contents of PYO3_CONFIG_FILE
+    #
+    # The pyo3 config file is supposed to be generated beforehand by invoking pixi.
+    # As the only goal of this file is to enhance build caching, it is not worth bothering with it.
+    # See https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/blob/0.29.0/BUILD.md#pythonpyo3-configuration-important
+    + ''
+      substituteInPlace .cargo/config.toml \
+        --replace-fail \
+          "PYO3_CONFIG_FILE" \
+          "# PYO3_CONFIG_FILE"
+    '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkgs.protobuf # for protoc
     rerun