diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ba94a6c..f92e566 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package = "libp2p"
 filename = "docs/release_notes.rst"
 directory = "newsfragments"
 underlines = ["-", "~", "^"]
+title_format = "libp2p v{version} ({project_date})"
 issue_format = "`#{issue} <https://github.com/libp2p/py-libp2p/issues/{issue}>`__"
 
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