diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index db8e4322..fca17394 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fonttools[unicode,lxml,ufo]==4.34.0; platform_python_implementation == 'CPython'
 fonttools[unicode,ufo]==4.34.0; platform_python_implementation != 'CPython'
 cu2qu==1.6.7.post1
 glyphsLib==6.0.6
-ufo2ft==2.28.0
+ufo2ft==2.29.0b1
 MutatorMath==3.0.1
 fontMath==0.9.1
 defcon[lxml]==0.10.0; platform_python_implementation == 'CPython'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bbcb13ca..a5456a80 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         "fonttools[ufo,lxml,unicode]>=4.34.0 ; implementation_name == 'cpython'",
         "fonttools[ufo,unicode]>=4.34.0 ; implementation_name != 'cpython'",
         "glyphsLib>=6.0.6",
-        "ufo2ft[compreffor]>=2.28.0",
+        "ufo2ft[compreffor]>=2.29.0b1",
         "fontMath>=0.9.1",
         "ufoLib2>=0.13.0",
         "attrs>=19",