diff --git a/tools/news/template.rst b/tools/news/template.rst
index 7ea90573dc2..70d6ab75def 100644
--- a/tools/news/template.rst
+++ b/tools/news/template.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-{% for section in sections %}
+{{ top_line -}}
+
+{%- for section in sections %}
 {% set underline = "-" %}
 {% if section %}
-{{section}}
+{{ section }}
 {{ underline * section|length }}{% set underline = "~" %}
 
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/tools/requirements/docs.txt b/tools/requirements/docs.txt
index 199edcfd6b3..1ab19c9b9ab 100644
--- a/tools/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 sphinx == 3.2.1
-# FIXME: Remove towncrier constraint after upgrading sphinxcontrib-towncrier.
-towncrier < 19.9.0
+towncrier
 furo
 myst_parser
 sphinx-copybutton
 sphinx-inline-tabs
-sphinxcontrib-towncrier
+sphinxcontrib-towncrier >= 0.2.0a0
 
 # `docs.pipext` uses pip's internals to generate documentation. So, we install
 # the current directory to make it work.