diff --git a/news/20260604102957.bugfix b/news/20260604102957.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8221669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/20260604102957.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Dependency upgrade: towncrier-24.8.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0495f4..7dbbf0e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         # spdx-tools imports pkg_resources from setuptools at runtime.
         "setuptools",
         "gitpython",
-        "towncrier==22.12.0",
+        "towncrier==25.8.0",
         "pyautoversion~=1.2.0",
         # FIXME change when https://github.com/pdoc3/pdoc/issues/299 is fixed
         "pdoc3==0.10.0",