diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index fbfcb5c5e81..9b7b260fa43 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 [flake8]
 exclude = ./docs/*,*/migrations/*,./pulpcore/app/protobuf/*
-
 per-file-ignores = */__init__.py: F401
 
 ignore = E203,W503,Q000,Q003,D100,D104,D106,D200,D205,D400,D401,D402
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py b/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py
index 553a675278c..f8dec7d31f8 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/release.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def create_release_commits(repo, release_version, plugin_path):
 
     issues = ",".join(issues_to_close)
     # First commit: changelog
-    os.system(f"towncrier --yes --version {release_version}")
+    os.system(f"towncrier build --yes --version {release_version}")
     git = repo.git
     git.add("CHANGES.rst")
     git.add("CHANGES/*")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index da1bd0f5a4b..432f2e43121 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export PULP_URL="https://pulp"
 
 if [[ "$TEST" = "docs" ]]; then
   if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Core CI" ]]; then
-    towncrier --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
+    towncrier build --yes --version 4.0.0.ci
   fi
   cd docs
   make PULP_URL="$PULP_URL" diagrams html