Release 3.23.0
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 36c324b..e66c87c 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-version = __version__ = "3.22.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.23.0"
__all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 82205ee..8286f11 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.23.0 (released 2018-02-26)
+----------------------------
+
- [designspaceLib] Added an optional ``lib`` element to the designspace as a
whole, as well as to the instance elements, to store arbitrary data in a
property list dictionary, similar to the UFO's ``lib``. Added an optional
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 706d925..1c035da 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.22.1.dev0
+current_version = 3.23.0
commit = True
tag = False
tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b817f8..0e4cbd4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
setup(
name="fonttools",
- version="3.22.1.dev0",
+ version="3.23.0",
description="Tools to manipulate font files",
author="Just van Rossum",
author_email="just@letterror.com",
