diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index b6aec02c4..1578813c2 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__ = "4.28.5.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.28.5"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 7d937323f..8a969239e 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.28.5 (released 2021-12-19)
+----------------------------
+
 - [svgPathPen] Continuation of #2471: make sure all occurrences of ``str()`` are now
   replaced with user-defined ``ntos`` callable.
 - [merge] Refactored code into submodules, plus several bugfixes and improvements:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7a5e9b544..a70d8be03 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.28.5.dev0
+current_version = 4.28.5
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d080b474d..e7cdbab86 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.28.5.dev0",
+	version="4.28.5",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",