diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index a5c84deef..5f0d28327 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ from fontTools.misc.loggingTools import configLogger
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.2.2.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.2.2"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 02a6a3d21..1a0698a4a 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.2.2 (released 2019-12-12)
+---------------------------
+
 - [subset] Fixed issue with subsetting FeatureVariations table when the index
   of features changes as features get dropped. The feature index need to be
   remapped to point to index of the remaining features (#1777, #1782).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3b835e430..d3c0ef7b4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.2.2.dev0
+current_version = 4.2.2
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0a28ad6df..06a05f153 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.2.2.dev0",
+	version="4.2.2",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",