diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 4fd2be2d8..61830779b 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__ = "3.29.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.29.1"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index c5ed78608..c030682dc 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.29.1 (released 2018-09-10)
+----------------------------
+
 - [feaLib] Fixed issue whereby lookups from DFLT/dflt were not included in the
   DFLT/non-dflt language systems (#1307).
 - [graphite] Fixed issue on big-endian architectures (e.g. ppc64) (#1311).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4cdb34fb3..015105b3b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.29.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.29.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ce95b860..6677f0fb0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.29.1.dev0",
+	version="3.29.1",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",