diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 944e4e896..7d09039f2 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__ = "4.28.6.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.29.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index ad3a8e8c5..e9fa18991 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.29.0 (released 2022-01-24)
+----------------------------
+
 - [ufoLib] Fixed illegal characters and expanded reserved filenames (#2506).
 - [COLRv1] Don't emit useless PaintColrLayers of lenght=1 in LayerListBuilder (#2513).
 - [ttx] Removed legacy ``waitForKeyPress`` method on Windows (#2509).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1c9c2ed58..19d98bba5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.28.6.dev0
+current_version = 4.29.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dcac96e90..c41f6062f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.28.6.dev0",
+	version="4.29.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",