diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index b248bb5ef..c7fa37eb4 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__ = "4.0.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.0.1"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 5b827a292..095ac195c 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.0.1 (released 2019-09-11)
+---------------------------
+
 - [otTables] Support fixing offset overflows in ``MultipleSubst`` lookup subtables
   (#1706).
 - [subset] Prune empty strikes in ``EBDT`` and ``CBDT`` table data (#1698, #1633).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0c68aac6f..4dd4c8642 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.0.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.0.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c35abc5a3..956f565fc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.0.1.dev0",
+	version="4.0.1",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",