Release 4.19.0
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index edbcda8..cc7d69f 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-version = __version__ = "4.18.3.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.19.0"
__all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 423166b..e22a0f6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.19.0 (released 2021-01-25)
+----------------------------
+
- [codecs] Handle ``errors`` parameter different from 'strict' for the custom
extended mac encodings (#2137, #2132).
- [featureVars] Raise better error message when a script is missing the required
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b58b7e7..8f8c530 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.18.3.dev0
+current_version = 4.19.0
commit = True
tag = False
tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 28b60c9..5e3226c 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
setup_params = dict(
name="fonttools",
- version="4.18.3.dev0",
+ version="4.19.0",
description="Tools to manipulate font files",
author="Just van Rossum",
author_email="just@letterror.com",