diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 57f7b2c2..adc1e818 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -658,24 +658,6 @@ zipp = {version = ">=3.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9.3)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (<7.2.5)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
 testing = ["jaraco.test (>=5.4)", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=2.2)", "pytest-mypy", "pytest-ruff (>=0.2.1)", "zipp (>=3.17)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "incremental"
-version = "24.7.2"
-description = "A small library that versions your Python projects."
-optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.8"
-files = [
-    {file = "incremental-24.7.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8cb2c3431530bec48ad70513931a760f446ad6c25e8333ca5d95e24b0ed7b8fe"},
-    {file = "incremental-24.7.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:fb4f1d47ee60efe87d4f6f0ebb5f70b9760db2b2574c59c8e8912be4ebd464c9"},
-]
-
-[package.dependencies]
-setuptools = ">=61.0"
-tomli = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-
-[package.extras]
-scripts = ["click (>=6.0)"]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iniconfig"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -1479,24 +1461,24 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "towncrier"
-version = "23.11.0"
+version = "24.8.0"
 description = "Building newsfiles for your project."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "towncrier-23.11.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2e519ca619426d189e3c98c99558fe8be50c9ced13ea1fc20a4a353a95d2ded7"},
-    {file = "towncrier-23.11.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:13937c247e3f8ae20ac44d895cf5f96a60ad46cfdcc1671759530d7837d9ee5d"},
+    {file = "towncrier-24.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9343209592b839209cdf28c339ba45792fbfe9775b5f9c177462fd693e127d8d"},
+    {file = "towncrier-24.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:013423ee7eed102b2f393c287d22d95f66f1a3ea10a4baa82d298001a7f18af3"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 click = "*"
+importlib-metadata = {version = ">=4.6", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
 importlib-resources = {version = ">=5", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""}
-incremental = "*"
 jinja2 = "*"
 tomli = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
 
 [package.extras]
-dev = ["furo", "packaging", "sphinx (>=5)", "twisted"]
+dev = ["furo (>=2024.05.06)", "nox", "packaging", "sphinx (>=5)", "twisted"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typing-extensions"
@@ -1564,4 +1546,4 @@ test = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "jaraco.test", "more-it
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<4"
-content-hash = "7d4c528ebf64b9af74181805e8330459073344303573b3b901119104418f2b70"
+content-hash = "ae8aa1d84dd89c5c528b0141aeec7471eed850125dc06728909a7629ae3d5bf8"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a16f1869..c864f523 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ slotscheck = ">=0.16.1,<0.20.0"
 basedpyright = "^1.13.3"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.release.dependencies]
-towncrier = ">=23,<24.7" # temporary pin, as 24.7 is incompatible with sphinxcontrib-towncrier
+towncrier = ">=23,<24.9" # temporary pin, as 24.7 is incompatible with sphinxcontrib-towncrier
 
 [tool.poetry.group.release-ci]
 optional = true