diff --git a/changelog/_template.md.jinja2 b/changelog/_template.md.jinja2
index 1369ad3fba7a..a96ea9aacf48 100644
--- a/changelog/_template.md.jinja2
+++ b/changelog/_template.md.jinja2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {# Based on https://github.com/hawkowl/towncrier/blob/master/src/towncrier/templates/default.rst #}
-{% for section in sections %}{% if section %}{{section}}{% endif %}{% if sections[section] %}{% for category, val in definitions.items() if category in sections[section] %}
+{% if top_line %}{{ top_line }} {{ top_underline * ((top_line)|length)}} {% elif versiondata.name %}{{ versiondata.name }} {{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }}) {{ top_underline * ((versiondata.name + versiondata.version + versiondata.date)|length + 4)}}{% else %}{{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }}) {{ top_underline * ((versiondata.version + versiondata.date)|length + 3)}}{% endif %}{% for section in sections %}{% if section %}{{section}}{% endif %}{% if sections[section] %}{% for category, val in definitions.items() if category in sections[section] %}
 
 {{ "### " + definitions[category]['name'] }}
 {% if definitions[category]['showcontent'] %}{% for text, values in sections[section][category]|dictsort(by='value') %}{% set issue_joiner = joiner(', ') %}- {% for value in values|sort %}{{ issue_joiner() }}{{ value }}{% endfor %}: {{ text }}
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 {% else %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% else %} No significant changes.
 
-{% endif %}{% endfor %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endif %}{% endfor %}
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index f23f06152d46..f215f4bd0138 100644
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ def next_version(args: argparse.Namespace) -> Version:
 def generate_changelog(version: Version) -> None:
     """Call tonwcrier and create a changelog from all available changelog entries."""
     check_call(
-        ["towncrier", "--yes", "--version", str(version)], cwd=str(project_root())
+        ["towncrier", "build", "--yes", "--version", str(version)],
+        cwd=str(project_root()),
     )