diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 6c2f472d4..607a29eac 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__ = "4.11.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.12.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index d1c5b5149..00a52a3a9 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.12.0 (released 2020-06-09)
+----------------------------
+
 - [otlLib/varLib] Ensure that the ``AxisNameID`` in the ``STAT`` and ``fvar``
   tables is grater than 255 as per OpenType spec (#1985, #1986).
 - [docs] Document more modules in ``fontTools.misc`` package: ``filenames``,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 64a3ecfda..4ed218b3d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.11.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.12.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b914b13c..7d7a3008d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.11.1.dev0",
+	version="4.12.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",