diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index ecfb8e5b7..56dd7303e 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__ = "4.52.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.52.1"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index e08b81050..24f5c2d4b 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.52.1 (released 2024-05-24)
+----------------------------
+
 - Fixed a small syntax error in the reStructuredText-formatted NEWS.rst file
   which caused the upload to PyPI to fail for 4.52.0. No other code changes.
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e70d59778..a48827d39 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.52.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.52.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1597cd845..7f27d115b 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="fonttools",
-    version="4.52.1.dev0",
+    version="4.52.1",
     description="Tools to manipulate font files",
     author="Just van Rossum",
     author_email="just@letterror.com",