diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c1760bd095..88d1d0a8367 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,<25.0.0", #  sphinxcontrib-towncrier does not yet support latest
+    "towncrier>=22.8.0,<25.0.0", #  sphinxcontrib-towncrier is likely to break with new versions
     "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