diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 365eeff87e19..8932b9dd1ff6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ terminado~=0.15.0
 tinycss2~=1.1.1
 tomli~=2.0.1
 tornado~=6.2
-towncrier~=21.9.0
+towncrier~=22.8.0
 tqdm~=4.64.0
 traitlets~=5.3.0
 typed-ast~=1.4.3; python_version<'3.8'