diff --git a/changes/159.misc.rst b/changes/159.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08cd276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/159.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The pinned dependencies in pyproject.toml and tox.ini were updated to their latest versions.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ea9949..3a95a61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools==71.1.0",
+    "setuptools==72.2.0",
     "setuptools_scm==8.1.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ed087a2..5d5ef7c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:towncrier{,-check}]
 skip_install = True
 deps =
-    towncrier==23.11.0
+    towncrier==24.8.0rc1
 commands =
     check  : python -m towncrier.check --compare-with origin/main
     !check : python -m towncrier {posargs}