Release 3.6.2
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index e5942ce..e694ddb 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "3.6.2.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.6.2"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 9eeddbf..62f6ef1 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+3.6.2 (released 2017-01-30)
+---------------------------
+
+- [varLib.merger] Fixed "TypeError: reduce() of empty sequence with no
+  initial value" (3717dc6).
+
 3.6.1 (released 2017-01-28)
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b1372c8..02c0383 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.6.2.dev0
+current_version = 3.6.2
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dea2537..de932cb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.6.2.dev0",
+	version="3.6.2",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",