diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2b9ba8f..f72e839 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # ------ Hugo build configuration and constants ------------------------------------
 
-HUGO_VERSION = "0.128.2"
+HUGO_VERSION = "0.129.0"
 # The Go toolchain will download the tarball into the hugo_cache/ directory.
 # We will point the build command to that location to build Hugo from source
 HUGO_CACHE_DIR = "hugo_cache"