diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index ad857a121..d28af0b0b 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__ = "4.25.2.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.25.2"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 365f2e299..dcd2a4787 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.25.2 (released 2021-07-26)
+----------------------------
+
 - [COLRv1] Various changes to sync with the latest CORLv1 draft spec. In particular:  
   define COLR.VarIndexMap, remove/inline ColorIndex struct, add VarIndexBase to ``PaintVar*`` tables (#2372);  
   add reduced-precicion specialized transform Paints;  
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 221e2a0ab..a4821312b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.25.2.dev0
+current_version = 4.25.2
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 580c7aead..140fa82c8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ if ext_modules:
 
 setup_params = dict(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.25.2.dev0",
+	version="4.25.2",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",