diff --git a/numpy/lib/_function_base_impl.py b/numpy/lib/_function_base_impl.py
index f217af64fb4b..096043e6316f 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/_function_base_impl.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/_function_base_impl.py
@@ -2573,6 +2573,7 @@ def _get_ufunc_and_otypes(self, func, args):
             # the subsequent call when the ufunc is evaluated.
             # Assumes that ufunc first evaluates the 0th elements in the input
             # arrays (the input values are not checked to ensure this)
+            args = [asarray(a) for a in args]
             if builtins.any(arg.size == 0 for arg in args):
                 raise ValueError('cannot call `vectorize` on size 0 inputs '
                                  'unless `otypes` is set')
@@ -2618,8 +2619,9 @@ def _vectorize_call(self, func, args):
         elif not args:
             res = func()
         else:
-            args = [asanyarray(a, dtype=object) for a in args]
             ufunc, otypes = self._get_ufunc_and_otypes(func=func, args=args)
+            # gh-29196: `dtype=object` should eventually be removed
+            args = [asanyarray(a, dtype=object) for a in args]
             outputs = ufunc(*args, out=...)
 
             if ufunc.nout == 1:
diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test_function_base.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test_function_base.py
index 50c61e6e04fa..f2dba193c849 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test_function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test_function_base.py
@@ -1732,6 +1732,15 @@ def test_string_ticket_1892(self):
         s = '0123456789' * 10
         assert_equal(s, f(s))
 
+    def test_dtype_promotion_gh_29189(self):
+        # dtype should not be silently promoted (int32 -> int64)
+        dtypes = [np.int16, np.int32, np.int64, np.float16, np.float32, np.float64]
+
+        for dtype in dtypes:
+            x = np.asarray([1, 2, 3], dtype=dtype)
+            y = np.vectorize(lambda x: x + x)(x)
+            assert x.dtype == y.dtype
+
     def test_cache(self):
         # Ensure that vectorized func called exactly once per argument.
         _calls = [0]