diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 849b63925..469438c26 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__ = "3.15.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.15.1"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index d4b4cf94f..e4a36687b 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.15.1 (released 2017-08-18)
+----------------------------
+
 - [otConverters] Implemented ``__add__`` and ``__radd__`` methods on
   ``otConverters._LazyList`` that decompile a lazy list before adding
   it to another list or ``_LazyList`` instance. Fixes an ``AttributeError``
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 88e7e953e..b028a171b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.15.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.15.1
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1f65b9872..4c94211bb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.15.1.dev0",
+	version="3.15.1",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",