Release 4.4.1
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 089ac7b..8636e78 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-version = __version__ = "4.4.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.4.1"
__all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 3cd8447..7fc3e1d 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.4.1 (released 2020-02-26)
+---------------------------
+
- [woff2] Skip normalizing ``glyf`` and ``loca`` tables if these are missing from
a font (e.g. in NotoColorEmoji using ``CBDT/CBLC`` tables).
- [timeTools] Use non-localized date parsing in ``timestampFromString``, to fix
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 63f7a21..4ae5cab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.4.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.4.1
commit = True
tag = False
tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6f5f558..469d798 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
setup(
name="fonttools",
- version="4.4.1.dev0",
+ version="4.4.1",
description="Tools to manipulate font files",
author="Just van Rossum",
author_email="just@letterror.com",
