diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mat2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mat2/default.nix
index 6c1ba9a40c63..99d94d3d1a80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mat2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mat2/default.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       url = "https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/-/commit/c9be50f968212b01f8d8ad85e59e19c3e67d8578.patch";
       sha256 = "0895dkv6575ps3drdfnli15cggx27n9irjx0axigrm4ql4ma0648";
     })
+    # fix white space error in the tests for exiftool, remove for next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-tests-exiftool.patch";
+      url = "https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2/-/commit/6df615281b2a649b85ff7670f6d87d3beed0b977.patch";
+      sha256 = "1gix63n0mzavnqjq5ll0v210z4vdz4f93aq03bfzlgifxcd9vl1x";
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 5ec39ab41f07..ff35e5231463 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -10793,25 +10793,15 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-  ImageExifTool = buildPerlPackage {
+  ImageExifTool = buildPerlPackage rec {
     pname = "Image-ExifTool";
-    version = "12.16";
+    version = "12.29";
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://cpan/authors/id/E/EX/EXIFTOOL/Image-ExifTool-12.16.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0skm22b3gg1bfk0amklrprpva41m6mkrhqp0gi7z1nmcf9ypjh61";
+      url = "https://exiftool.org/Image-ExifTool-${version}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "09yszwhirprqr94jwrsr9kyav5syv0mjmnjngqn20fn7m135wv95";
     };
 
-    patches = [
-      # Unfortunately, not every release is uploaded to CPAN so security fixes
-      # would need to be cherry-picked from releases
-      (fetchpatch {
-        name = "CVE-2021-22204.patch";
-        url = "https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libimage-exiftool-perl/-/raw/0347501fda93cb8366d6451aedcf258b34fb4a2b/debian/patches/CVE-2021-22204.patch";
-        sha256 = "1fxw32zcssillnv764wsd05lyswn8bbrc90q5cy9aknx0ncgsrxj";
-      })
-    ];
-
     nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin shortenPerlShebang;
     postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
       shortenPerlShebang $out/bin/exiftool