diff --git a/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.hash b/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.hash
index 4103d4fd6f..716f6e4cfd 100644
--- a/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.hash
+++ b/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-01/msg00014.html
-sha256  6626c07a7ca1cc1d03cad0958522c5279b156222d32c342e81117cfefaeb10c1  ddrescue-1.28.tar.lz
+# From https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-03/msg00011.html
+sha256  ddd7d45df026807835a2ec6ab9c365df2ef19e8de1a50ffe6886cd391e04dd75  ddrescue-1.29.1.tar.lz
 # Locally computed
-sha256  3d77c1a58fbde5ddba612d1fe09965e20a3804953eca12e8c1892298bb8a5eef  COPYING
+sha256  022e9c2e9cc1aac3622313df6f971fbb39c1d1b0cb45324c16b8a1fe231c5ea6  COPYING
diff --git a/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.mk b/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.mk
index 13798bb4bb..20070d763a 100644
--- a/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.mk
+++ b/package/ddrescue/ddrescue.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-DDRESCUE_VERSION = 1.28
+DDRESCUE_VERSION = 1.29.1
 DDRESCUE_SOURCE = ddrescue-$(DDRESCUE_VERSION).tar.lz
-DDRESCUE_SITE = http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue
+DDRESCUE_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/ddrescue
 DDRESCUE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 DDRESCUE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING