diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 319b3eacd9f..d24b16f5162 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ docs = [
     "sphinx-jsonschema>=1.19.1",
     "furo>=2024.8.6",
     "sphinxcontrib-towncrier>=0.3.0a0",
-    "towncrier>=22.8.0,<24.0.0", #  sphinxcontrib-towncrier does not yet support latest
+    "towncrier>=22.8.0,<25.0.0", #  sphinxcontrib-towncrier does not yet support latest
     "scipy>=1.8.0", # examples using scipy
     "qcodes_loop>=0.1.1", # legacy dataset import examples
     "jinja2>=3.1.3", # transitive dependency pin due to cve in earlier version
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac49fc8a038..975540b5a6c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ tornado==6.4.1
     #   ipykernel
     #   jupyter-client
     #   qcodes
-towncrier==23.11.0
+towncrier==24.8.0
     # via
     #   qcodes (pyproject.toml)
     #   sphinxcontrib-towncrier