diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
index 37431b0fbc44..c68fb48fa1a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/minikube/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ let
 in buildGoPackage rec {
   pname   = "minikube";
   name    = "${pname}-${version}";
-  version = "0.28.1";
+  version = "0.29.0";
+
+  kubernetesVersion = "1.11.2";
 
   goPackagePath = "k8s.io/minikube";
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ in buildGoPackage rec {
     owner  = "kubernetes";
     repo   = "minikube";
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0c36rzsdzxf9q6l4hl506bsd4qwmw033i0k1xhqszv9agg7qjlmm";
+    sha256 = "09px8pxml7xrnfhyjvlhf1hw7zdj9sw47a0fv5wj5aard54lhs1l";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ go-bindata makeWrapper gpgme ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin vmnet;
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ in buildGoPackage rec {
 
     ISO_VERSION=$(grep "^ISO_VERSION" Makefile | sed "s/^.*\s//")
     ISO_BUCKET=$(grep "^ISO_BUCKET" Makefile | sed "s/^.*\s//")
-    KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(${python}/bin/python hack/get_k8s_version.py --k8s-version-only 2>&1) || true
+    KUBERNETES_VERSION=${kubernetesVersion}
 
     export buildFlagsArray="-ldflags=\
       -X k8s.io/minikube/pkg/version.version=v${version} \