diff --git a/.github/workflows/newsfile.yml b/.github/workflows/newsfile.yml
index b6c65a94..1ab7a1c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/newsfile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/newsfile.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
         with:
           python-version: '3.9'
-      - run: pip install towncrier==19.2.0
+      - run: pip install towncrier==21.9.0
       - name: ":newspaper: Newsfile"
         run: python3 -m towncrier.check --compare-with=origin/main
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26bc82d6..ff51f56d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
- 1.7.0 (2022-05-12)
+1 (2022-05-12)
+==============
+
+No significant changes.
+
+
+1.7.0 (2022-05-12)
 ===================
 
 Features
diff --git a/changelog.d/353.misc b/changelog.d/353.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb1430f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/353.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update towncrier to 21.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/changelog.sh b/scripts/changelog.sh
index f30ff4ae..2df3a58b 100755
--- a/scripts/changelog.sh
+++ b/scripts/changelog.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 VERSION=`python3 -c "import json; f = open('./package.json', 'r'); v = json.loads(f.read())['version']; f.close(); print(v)"`
-towncrier --version $VERSION $1
+towncrier build --version $VERSION $1