diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index e2cb69d00..b4ab63ffd 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__ = "3.18.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.19.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index baaef9ca2..f983fc7f2 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.19.0 (released 2017-11-06)
+----------------------------
+
 - [varLib] Try set of used points instead of all points when testing whether to
   share points between tuples (#1090).
 - [CFF2] Fixed issue with reading/writing PrivateDict BlueValues to TTX file.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 61ebfae9a..d97792bfb 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.18.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.19.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d88d97f63..5f3b65ce4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def find_data_files(manpath="share/man"):
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.18.1.dev0",
+	version="3.19.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",