diff --git a/changelog/_template.rst.jinja b/changelog/_template.rst.jinja
index 09b245d33a..59573c36ed 100644
--- a/changelog/_template.rst.jinja
+++ b/changelog/_template.rst.jinja
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. _vp{{ versiondata.version.replace(".", "p") }}:
 
-{{ top_line }}
-{{ top_underline * top_line|length }}
+{{ "v" + versiondata.version }}
+{{ top_underline * ((versiondata.version)|length + 1) }}
 {% for section, _ in sections.items() %}
 {% set underline = underlines[0] %}
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1bae6b9d8a..bb2be7b3f8 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "sphinx.ext.napoleon",
     "sphinx.ext.linkcode",
     "sphinxcontrib_trio",
-    "sphinxcontrib.towncrier",
+    "sphinxcontrib.towncrier.ext",
     "hoverxref.extension",
     "exception_hierarchy",
     "attributetable",
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d42673a7c1..93b23c7bab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ template = "changelog/_template.rst.jinja"
 package = "disnake"
 filename = "docs/whats_new.rst"
 directory = "changelog/"
-title_format = "v{version}"
+title_format = false
 underlines = "-~"
 issue_format = ":issue:`{issue}`"
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_docs.txt b/requirements/requirements_docs.txt
index 49c911cf92..3d67f42461 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_docs.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ sphinx~=5.1.1
 sphinxcontrib-trio~=1.1.2
 sphinx-hoverxref==1.1.3
 sphinx-autobuild~=2021.3
-sphinxcontrib-towncrier==0.2.1a0
-towncrier==21.9.0
+sphinxcontrib-towncrier==0.3.0a0
+towncrier==22.8.0
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_tools.txt b/requirements/requirements_tools.txt
index 347d1a1390..8aafc9b5d5 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_tools.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_tools.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pre-commit~=2.19.0
 taskipy~=1.10.1
 
 # changelog
-towncrier==21.9.0
+towncrier==22.8.0
 
 # checks MANIFEST.in + sdist
 check-manifest==0.48