diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
index 0153d30a52f..e11efa8f8dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , mkDerivation
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , poppler_utils
 , pkg-config
 , libpng
@@ -26,18 +27,21 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "calibre";
-  version = "5.24.0";
+  version = "5.29.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.calibre-ebook.com/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256:18dr577nv7ijw3ar6mrk2xrc54mlrqkaj5jrc6s5sirl0710fdfg";
+    sha256 = "sha256-9ymHEpTHDUM3NAGoeSETzKRLKgJLRY4eEli6N5lbZug=";
   };
 
+  # https://sources.debian.org/patches/calibre/5.29.0+dfsg-1
   patches = [
-    # Plugin installation (very insecure) disabled (from Debian)
-    ./disable_plugins.patch
-    # Automatic version update disabled by default (from Debian)
-    ./no_updates_dialog.patch
+    #  allow for plugin update check, but no calibre version check
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "0001_only_plugin_update.patch";
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/c/calibre/5.29.0%2Bdfsg-1/debian/patches/0001-only-plugin-update.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-aGT8rJ/eQKAkmyHBWdY0ouZuWvDwtLVJU5xY6d3hY3k=";
+    })
   ]
   ++ lib.optional (!unrarSupport) ./dont_build_unrar_plugin.patch;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/disable_plugins.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/disable_plugins.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ef1dd04251..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/disable_plugins.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-Description: Disable plugin dialog. It uses a totally non-authenticated and non-trusted way of installing arbitrary code.
-Author: Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
-Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/640026
-
-Index: calibre-0.8.29+dfsg/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py
-===================================================================
---- calibre-0.8.29+dfsg.orig/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py	2011-12-16 05:49:14.000000000 +0100
-+++ calibre-0.8.29+dfsg/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py	2011-12-20 19:29:04.798468930 +0100
-@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
-             pm.addAction(QIcon(I('config.png')), _('Preferences'), self.do_config)
-         cm('welcome wizard', _('Run welcome wizard'),
-                 icon='wizard.png', triggered=self.gui.run_wizard)
--        cm('plugin updater', _('Get plugins to enhance calibre'),
--                icon='plugins/plugin_updater.png', triggered=self.get_plugins)
-         if not DEBUG:
-             pm.addSeparator()
-             cm('restart', _('Restart in debug mode'), icon='debug.png',
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/no_updates_dialog.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/no_updates_dialog.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index faaaf2c1994..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/calibre/no_updates_dialog.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff -burN calibre-2.9.0.orig/src/calibre/gui2/main.py calibre-2.9.0/src/calibre/gui2/main.py
---- calibre-2.9.0.orig/src/calibre/gui2/main.py	2014-11-09 20:09:54.081231882 +0800
-+++ calibre-2.9.0/src/calibre/gui2/main.py	2014-11-09 20:15:48.193033844 +0800
-@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@
-                       help=_('Start minimized to system tray.'))
-     parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', default=0, action='count',
-                       help=_('Ignored, do not use. Present only for legacy reasons'))
--    parser.add_option('--no-update-check', default=False, action='store_true',
--            help=_('Do not check for updates'))
-+    parser.add_option('--update-check', dest='no_update_check', default=True,
-+            action='store_false',
-+            help=_('Check for updates'))
-     parser.add_option('--ignore-plugins', default=False, action='store_true',
-             help=_('Ignore custom plugins, useful if you installed a plugin'
-                 ' that is preventing calibre from starting'))