diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 55ca96949..31938ddcf 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "3.40.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.41.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index fcf35308d..961d2fa55 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.41.0 (released 2019-04-29)
+----------------------------
+
 - [varLib/cffLib] Added support for building ``CFF2`` variable font from sparse
   masters, or masters with more than one model (multiple ``VarStore.VarData``).
   In ``cffLib.specializer``, added support for ``CFF2`` CharStrings with
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 755be4dc2..b093c99ff 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.40.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.41.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6381170f0..b1de3e929 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.40.1.dev0",
+	version="3.41.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",