Release 4.2.4
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 230ec17..9b157e1 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-version = __version__ = "4.2.4.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.2.4"
__all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index a4b8f76..5cafd17 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.2.4 (released 2020-01-09)
+---------------------------
+
- [unicodedata] Update RTL_SCRIPTS for Unicode 11 and 12.
4.2.3 (released 2020-01-07)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5a43eaf..7980a48 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
[bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.2.4.dev0
+current_version = 4.2.4
commit = True
tag = False
tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b8c3092..5bbc090 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
setup(
name="fonttools",
- version="4.2.4.dev0",
+ version="4.2.4",
description="Tools to manipulate font files",
author="Just van Rossum",
author_email="just@letterror.com",
