diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index a7cae96f7..671f17cea 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.28.4.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.28.4"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index a64607108..e06290dd6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.28.4 (released 2021-12-15)
+----------------------------
+
 - [merge] Merge GDEF marksets in Lookups properly (#2474).
 - [feaLib] Have ``fontTools feaLib`` script exit with error code when build fails (#2459)
 - [svgPathPen] Added ``ntos`` option to customize number formatting (e.g. rounding) (#2471).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 77443545a..f93a21ccf 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.28.4.dev0
+current_version = 4.28.4
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f038db42..a03356b19 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.28.4.dev0",
+	version="4.28.4",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",