diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 0fd25e9a6..cb6b122c3 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__ = "3.8.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.9.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index b6f1f04a0..2d7bbab06 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.9.0 (released 2017-03-13)
+---------------------------
+
 - [feaLib] Added (partial) support for parsing feature file comments ``# ...``
   appearing in between statements (#879).
 - [feaLib] Cleaned up syntax tree for FeatureNames.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 15ab529d1..05ffe3eef 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.8.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.9.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e1c99b825..574504cec 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.8.1.dev0",
+	version="3.9.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",