diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index 80c8c01cf..b7a1d8c79 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ build:
       - git fetch --all --tags || true
     pre_install:
       - git update-index --assume-unchanged docs/rtd_environment.yaml docs/conf.py
+      - pip install towncrier
+      - towncrier build
 
 conda:
   environment: docs/rtd_environment.yaml