diff --git a/desktop/qtile/README b/desktop/qtile/README
index a41008c12aa..68d668928b7 100644
--- a/desktop/qtile/README
+++ b/desktop/qtile/README
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Wayland) written and configured in Python. Qtile is simple, small, and
 extensible - it is easy to write your own layouts, widgets and built-in
 commands.
 
-You will need to build python3-cairocffi with its optional
-python3-xcffib dependency.
+python3-xcffib must be installed before python3-cairocffi.
 
 python3-dbus-next is an optional dependency for qtile.
 It sends notifications through dbus - please additionally install a
diff --git a/desktop/qtile/python3.9_fixes.patch b/desktop/qtile/python3.9_fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e78e9435e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/qtile/python3.9_fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+--- a/libqtile/backend/base/window.py
++++ b/libqtile/backend/base/window.py
+@@ -581,4 +581,4 @@
+         )
+ 
+ 
+-WindowType = Window | Internal | Static
++WindowType = typing.Union[Window, Internal, Static]
+--- a/libqtile/backend/wayland/core.py
++++ b/libqtile/backend/wayland/core.py
+@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@
+         logger.debug("Signal: idle_inhibitor new_inhibitor")
+ 
+         for win in self.qtile.windows_map.values():
+-            if isinstance(win, window.Window | window.Static):
++            if isinstance(win, (window.Window, window.Static)):
+                 win.surface.for_each_surface(win.add_idle_inhibitor, idle_inhibitor)
+                 if idle_inhibitor.data:
+                     # We break if the .data attribute was set, because that tells us
+--- a/libqtile/backend/wayland/window.py
++++ b/libqtile/backend/wayland/window.py
+@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@
+         self.tree.node.raise_to_top()
+ 
+ 
+-WindowType = Window | Static | Internal
++WindowType = typing.Union[Window, Static, Internal]
+ 
+ 
+ class PointerConstraint(HasListeners):
+--- a/libqtile/bar.py
++++ b/libqtile/bar.py
+@@ -767,4 +767,4 @@
+                 self.window.keep_above(enable=True)
+ 
+ 
+-BarType = Bar | Gap
++BarType = typing.Union[Bar, Gap]
+--- a/libqtile/command/graph.py
++++ b/libqtile/command/graph.py
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ from __future__ import annotations
+ 
+ import abc
+-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
++from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+ 
+ if TYPE_CHECKING:
+     SelectorType = tuple[str, str | int | None]
+@@ -218,4 +218,4 @@
+ }
+ 
+ 
+-GraphType = CommandGraphNode | CommandGraphCall
++GraphType = Union[CommandGraphNode, CommandGraphCall]
+--- a/libqtile/core/manager.py
++++ b/libqtile/core/manager.py
+@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@
+         return [
+             i.info()
+             for i in self.windows_map.values()
+-            if not isinstance(i, base.Internal | _Widget) and isinstance(i, CommandObject)
++            if not isinstance(i, (base.Internal, _Widget)) and isinstance(i, CommandObject)
+         ]
+ 
+     @expose_command()
+--- a/libqtile/layout/screensplit.py
++++ b/libqtile/layout/screensplit.py
+@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
+         self, *, name: str, rect: Rect, layout: Layout, matches: list[_Match] = list()
+     ) -> None:
+         # Check that rect is correctly defined
+-        if not isinstance(rect, tuple | list):
++        if not isinstance(rect, (tuple, list)):
+             raise ValueError("Split rect should be a list/tuple.")
+ 
+-        if len(rect) != 4 or not all(isinstance(x, float | int) for x in rect):
++        if len(rect) != 4 or not all(isinstance(x, (float, int)) for x in rect):
+             raise ValueError("Split rect should have 4 float/int members.")
+ 
+         if isinstance(layout, ScreenSplit):
+--- a/libqtile/utils.py
++++ b/libqtile/utils.py
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ from pathlib import Path
+ from random import randint
+ from shutil import which
+-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
++from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+ 
+ try:
+     from dbus_next import AuthError, Message, Variant
+@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
+ 
+ from libqtile.log_utils import logger
+ 
+-ColorType = str | tuple[int, int, int] | tuple[int, int, int, float]
+-ColorsType = ColorType | list[ColorType]
++ColorType = Union[str, tuple[int, int, int], tuple[int, int, int, float]]
++ColorsType = Union[ColorType, list[ColorType]]
+ if TYPE_CHECKING:
+     from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
+     from typing import Any, TypeVar
+@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
+ 
+     Which is returned as (1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5).
+     """
+-    if isinstance(x, tuple | list):
++    if isinstance(x, (tuple, list)):
+         if len(x) == 4:
+             alpha = x[-1]
+         else:
+@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
+     Where a list of colours is passed, returns True if any
+     colour is not fully opaque.
+     """
+-    if isinstance(colour, str | tuple):
++    if isinstance(colour, (str, tuple)):
+         return rgb(colour)[3] < 1
+     return any(has_transparency(c) for c in colour)
+ 
+@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
+     """
+     Returns a tuple of (r, g, b) with no alpha.
+     """
+-    if isinstance(colour, str | tuple):
++    if isinstance(colour, (str, tuple)):
+         return tuple(x * 255.0 for x in rgb(colour)[:3])
+     return [remove_transparency(c) for c in colour]
+
+--- a/libqtile/widget/base.py
++++ b/libqtile/widget/base.py
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
+ import copy
+ import math
+ import subprocess
+-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
++from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Union
+ 
+ from libqtile import bar, configurable, confreader
+ from libqtile.command import interface
+@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
+     @expose_command()
+     def set_font(
+         self,
+-        font: str | None = None,
++        font: Union[str, None] = None,
+         fontsize: int = 0,
+         fontshadow: ColorType = "",
+     ):
+--- a/libqtile/widget/helpers/status_notifier/statusnotifier.py
++++ b/libqtile/widget/helpers/status_notifier/statusnotifier.py
+@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
+ from pathlib import Path
+ 
+ # dbus_next is incompatible with deferred type evaluation
++from typing import Optional
++
+ import cairocffi
+ from dbus_next import InterfaceNotFoundError, InvalidBusNameError, InvalidObjectPathError
+ from dbus_next.aio import MessageBus
+@@ -472,10 +474,10 @@
+         self._items: list[str] = []
+         self._hosts: list[str] = []
+         self.service = service
+-        self.on_item_added: Callable | None = None
+-        self.on_host_added: Callable | None = None
+-        self.on_item_removed: Callable | None = None
+-        self.on_host_removed: Callable | None = None
++        self.on_item_added: Optional[Callable] = None
++        self.on_host_added: Optional[Callable] = None
++        self.on_item_removed: Optional[Callable] = None
++        self.on_host_removed: Optional[Callable] = None
+ 
+     async def start(self):
+         # Set up and register the service on ths bus
+@@ -616,9 +618,9 @@
+ 
+     async def start(
+         self,
+-        on_item_added: Callable | None = None,
+-        on_item_removed: Callable | None = None,
+-        on_icon_changed: Callable | None = None,
++        on_item_added: Optional[Callable] = None,
++        on_item_removed: Optional[Callable] = None,
++        on_icon_changed: Optional[Callable] = None,
+     ):
+         """
+         Starts the host if not already started.
+--- a/libqtile/widget/windowtabs.py
++++ b/libqtile/widget/windowtabs.py
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
+         width = config.pop("width", bar.STRETCH)
+         base._TextBox.__init__(self, width=width, **config)
+         self.add_defaults(WindowTabs.defaults)
+-        if not isinstance(self.selected, tuple | list):
++        if not isinstance(self.selected, (tuple, list)):
+             self.selected = (self.selected, self.selected)
+ 
+     def _configure(self, qtile, bar):
diff --git a/desktop/qtile/qtile.SlackBuild b/desktop/qtile/qtile.SlackBuild
index c9f953c731b..cf9eec9a988 100644
--- a/desktop/qtile/qtile.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/qtile/qtile.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=qtile
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.28.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.29.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ find -L . \
 PYVER=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print("%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2])')
 export PYTHONPATH=/opt/python$PYVER/site-packages/
 
+# Fix TypeErrors (Slackware 15.0 has Python 3.9 installed)
+# View the following commit for more details:
+# https://github.com/qtile/qtile/commit/4ca8fd2fcac3bb1f076dc4ace5615b75e9e3cd92
+[[ $PYVER == 3.9 ]] && patch -p1 < $CWD/python3.9_fixes.patch
+
 # qtile provides a setup.py - however, setuptools > 58.2.0 does not recommend running setup.py directly
 python3 -m build --no-isolation
 python3 -m installer -d "$PKG" dist/*.whl
diff --git a/desktop/qtile/qtile.info b/desktop/qtile/qtile.info
index 625c287a310..21252155216 100644
--- a/desktop/qtile/qtile.info
+++ b/desktop/qtile/qtile.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="qtile"
-VERSION="0.28.1"
+VERSION="0.29.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://qtile.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/q/qtile/qtile-0.28.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ef53525da2b6f6e7fefef13c73f3d7ac"
+DOWNLOAD="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/q/qtile/qtile-0.29.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="41e1895926cf45f42210c35227c88374"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python3-xcffib python3-cairocffi python3-setuptools-scm-opt"