diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de0f2ddf..207fe2c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [1.29.1] = 2022-09-21
+
+### Fixed
+- fe180dc: Fix follower not authenticating after aofshink
+
 ## [1.29.0] = 2022-07-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/internal/server/checksum.go b/internal/server/checksum.go
index 2cf2ab8d..3538be2b 100644
--- a/internal/server/checksum.go
+++ b/internal/server/checksum.go
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ func getEndOfLastValuePositionInFile(fname string, startPos int64) (int64, error
 
 // followCheckSome is not a full checksum. It just "checks some" data.
 // We will do some various checksums on the leader until we find the correct position to start at.
-func (s *Server) followCheckSome(addr string, followc int) (pos int64, err error) {
+func (s *Server) followCheckSome(addr string, followc int, auth string,
+) (pos int64, err error) {
 	if core.ShowDebugMessages {
 		log.Debug("follow:", addr, ":check some")
 	}
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ func (s *Server) followCheckSome(addr string, followc int) (pos int64, err error
 	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
+	if auth != "" {
+		if err := s.followDoLeaderAuth(conn, auth); err != nil {
+			return 0, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	min := int64(0)
 	max := int64(s.aofsz) - checksumsz
 	limit := int64(s.aofsz)
diff --git a/internal/server/follow.go b/internal/server/follow.go
index 8367e2fd..3b2a6772 100644
--- a/internal/server/follow.go
+++ b/internal/server/follow.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (s *Server) followStep(host string, port int, followc int) error {
 	}
 
 	// verify checksum
-	pos, err := s.followCheckSome(addr, followc)
+	pos, err := s.followCheckSome(addr, followc, auth)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}