diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 3938ca6ec6..2c91bf9062 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Sphinx==7.4.7
 sphinx-reredirects<1
-towncrier~=24.7
+towncrier~=24.8
 furo==2024.8.6
 -e .
diff --git a/requirements_test_min.txt b/requirements_test_min.txt
index 4f8d17d0d2..b4e1f1bd5a 100644
--- a/requirements_test_min.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_min.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ py~=1.11.0
 pytest~=8.3
 pytest-benchmark~=4.0
 pytest-timeout~=2.3
-towncrier~=24.7
+towncrier~=24.8
 requests
 # Voluntary for test purpose, not actually used in prod, see #8904
 setuptools;python_version>='3.12'
diff --git a/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3152.py b/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3152.py
index 97ec190e8f..2d7de55079 100644
--- a/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3152.py
+++ b/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3152.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 import setuptools
 
 
-# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,too-few-public-methods
+# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,too-few-public-methods,abstract-method
 class Custom(setuptools.Command):
     pass