diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 95d1f8769..2fe3602d3 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__ = "4.55.2.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.55.2"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 4fafbd44d..c5466c870 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.55.2 (released 2024-12-05)
+----------------------------
+
 - [Docs] update Sphinx config (#3712)
 - [designspaceLib] Allow axisOrdering to be set to zero (#3715)
 - [feaLib] Don’t modify variable anchors in place (#3717)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 19395f132..6b624f68a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.55.2.dev0
+current_version = 4.55.2
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df0639872..2915d09e2 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
     name="fonttools",
-    version="4.55.2.dev0",
+    version="4.55.2",
     description="Tools to manipulate font files",
     author="Just van Rossum",
     author_email="just@letterror.com",