diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 6c805a9..af0b9ac 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
+
+
 # make the build number clobber
 make_build_number "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 
diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 8ac9b84..6788aea 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-"""exec' "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
+"""exec" "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
 #
 # This file has been generated by conda-smithy in order to build the recipe
 # locally.
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index d138e4f..2657a9f 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "faker" %}
-{% set version = "28.4.1" %}
+{% set version = "29.0.0" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: 4294d169255a045990720d6f3fa4134b764a4cdf46ef0d3c7553d2506f1adaa1
+  sha256: 34e89aec594cad9773431ca479ee95c7ce03dd9f22fda2524e2373b880a2fa77
 
 build:
   entry_points: