1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment b/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
index c764011d6a..493558ad65 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
+++ b/scripts-dev/check-newsfragment
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT="!! Please see the contributing guide for help writing y
 https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.md#changelog"
 
 # If check-newsfragment returns a non-zero exit code, print the contributing guide and exit
-tox -qe check-newsfragment || (echo -e "$CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT" >&2 && exit 1)
+python -m towncrier.check --compare-with=origin/develop || (echo -e "$CONTRIBUTING_GUIDE_TEXT" >&2 && exit 1)
 
 echo
 echo "--------------------------"