diff --git a/.changelog/980.internal.md b/.changelog/980.internal.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af5cf401a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/980.internal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Install setuptools to make Towncrier fork work with Python 3.12
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
index e49372049..51761edff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install gitlint
         run: |
           python -m pip install gitlint
+        # Needed for Towncrier fork to work with 3.12 and above
+      - name: Install setuptools
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install setuptools
       - name: Install towncrier
         run: |
           python -m pip install https://github.com/oasisprotocol/towncrier/archive/oasis-master.tar.gz