diff --git a/release.toml b/release.toml
index 3bdfb3656..841104129 100644
--- a/release.toml
+++ b/release.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 owners = ["poljar", "github:matrix-org:rust"]
 
 pre-release-commit-message = "chore: Release matrix-sdk version {{version}}"
-pre-release-replacements = [
-    {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="Unreleased", replace="{{version}}"},
-    {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="ReleaseDate", replace="{{date}}"},
-    {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="<!-- next-header -->", replace="<!-- next-header -->\n\n## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate", exactly=1},
-]
+pre-release-hook = ["towncrier", "build", "--config=../../towncrier.toml", "--dir=./", "--version={{version}}", "--yes"]
 
 sign-tag = true
 tag-message = "Release {{crate_name}} version {{version}}"