Release 4.24.4
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index b5110fa..98a201a 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "4.24.4.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "4.24.4"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 2aec2be..fd3b990 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.24.4 (released 2021-05-25)
+----------------------------
+
 - [subset/instancer] Fixed ``AttributeError`` when instantiating a VF that
   contains GPOS ValueRecords with ``Device`` tables but without the respective
   non-Device values (e.g. ``XAdvDevice`` without ``XAdvance``). When not
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d1981c3..8ef6b0d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 4.24.4.dev0
+current_version = 4.24.4
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0029dbd..d482bd8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 
 setup_params = dict(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="4.24.4.dev0",
+	version="4.24.4",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",