Release 4.8.1
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index a56e191..bb96c48 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-version = __version__ = "4.8.1.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.8.1"
__all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 4b9fde8..cb9fbab 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.8.1 (released 2020-04-17)
+---------------------------
+
- [feaLib] Fixed ``AttributeError: 'NoneType' has no attribute 'getAlternateGlyphs'``
when ``aalt`` feature references a chain contextual substitution lookup
(googlefonts/fontmake#648, #1878).
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8a436e8..dc77210 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.8.1.dev0
+current_version = 4.8.1
commit = True
tag = False
tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index da13756..17f529f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
setup_params = dict(
name="fonttools",
- version="4.8.1.dev0",
+ version="4.8.1",
description="Tools to manipulate font files",
author="Just van Rossum",
author_email="just@letterror.com",