diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index de116a4..20a193c 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@
         "packageNameTemplate": "rust-lang/rust",
         "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases"
       },
+      {
+        "customType": "regex",
+        "fileMatch": ["^Justfile$"],
+        "matchStrings": [
+          // https://regex101.com/r/vOmY6R/1
+          // Matching on word boundaries (\b) around start and end ensures we
+          // match variations like "towncrier==1.2.3" as well as "pipx run
+          // towncrier==1.2.3", adding some future proofness.
+          "\".*\\btowncrier==(?<currentValue>.+?)\\b\""
+        ],
+        "depNameTemplate": "towncrier",
+        "datasourceTemplate": "pypi"
+      },
     ],
     packageRules: [
         {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-crate.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-crate.yml
index fa2fb25..daeba47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-crate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-crate.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ jobs:
       CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-ci
       - run: cargo publish
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 6b63919..9064c15 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,8 +30,3 @@ repos:
         language: system
         files: \.rs$
         pass_filenames: false
-      - id: README
-        name: Render README.md
-        entry: docs/generate.sh
-        language: script
-        files: ^(README\.md)|(docs/.*)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ab9871..0338810 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+<!-- towncrier release notes start -->
+
 ## v23.12.0 (2023-12-03)
 
 ### New
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 3c68cd0..55ccb32 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -74,4 +74,9 @@ If you don't feel comfortable writing user documentation, I will be happy to gui
 
 > **⚠ Warning**
 >
-> If you update the README file, take note that you must edit the fragments in the [docs](docs/) directory as opposed to the README in the root of the repository, which is auto-generated.
+> If you update the README file, take note that you must edit the fragments in the [docs](docs/) directory as opposed to the README in the root of the repository, which is auto-generated with every release.
+
+## Release notes
+
+[Towncrier](https://towncrier.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html) is used to generate release notes.
+If you add a changelog fragment to the `changelog.d` directory with `just add-changelog` (requires [just](https://github.com/casey/just#installation)) it will automatically be picked up when a new release is made.
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14d11ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+towncrier_cmd := "pipx run towncrier==24.7.0"
+
+_default:
+    @{{just_executable()}} --choose
+
+# Add a new changelog entry using towncrier
+add-changelog:
+    {{towncrier_cmd}} create --edit
+    git add changelog.d
+
+# Create a new release
+make-new-release:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+
+    get_next_version_number() {
+        DATEPART=$(date +%y.%-m)
+        ITERATION=0
+
+        while true; do
+            VERSION_STRING="${DATEPART}.${ITERATION}"
+            if git rev-list "v$VERSION_STRING" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+                ((ITERATION++))
+            else
+                echo "$VERSION_STRING"
+                return
+            fi
+        done
+    }
+
+    git add .
+    if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
+        printf "Working directory is not clean. Please commit or stash your changes.\n"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    VERSION=$(get_next_version_number)
+    COMMITMSG=$(mktemp --tmpdir commitmsg.XXXXXXXXXX)
+    trap 'rm "$COMMITMSG"' EXIT
+    set -x
+
+    cargo set-version "${VERSION}"
+
+    # Construct a git commit message.
+    # This must be done before the next step so we can leverage the --draft
+    # flag here to get a list of changes being introduced by this release.
+    printf "Release v${VERSION}\n\n" > "$COMMITMSG"
+    {{towncrier_cmd}} build --draft --version "${VERSION}" >> "$COMMITMSG"
+
+    # Generate changelog and docs
+    {{towncrier_cmd}} build --version "${VERSION}"
+    docs/generate.sh
+
+    # Stage all the changes we've prepared
+    git add .
+    # There are likely trailing whitespace changes in the changelog, but a single
+    # run of pre-commit will fix these automatically.
+    pre-commit run || git add .
+
+    git commit --file "$COMMITMSG"
+    git tag "v${VERSION}"
+
+    set +x
+    printf "\n\nSuccessfully created release %s\n" "v${VERSION}"
+    printf "\nYou'll probably want to continue with:\n"
+    printf "\tgit push origin main\n"
+    printf "\tgit push origin %s\n" "v${VERSION}"
diff --git a/changelog.d/+52650337.change.md b/changelog.d/+52650337.change.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d0947d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/+52650337.change.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Bump to the minimum supported Rust version to 1.80.0
+
+Obsidian-export now uses [std::sync::LazyLock](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/sync/struct.LazyLock.html) instead of [lazy_static](https://crates.io/crates/lazy_static), which was only stabilized in Rust 1.80.0.
+This change made it possible to drop the external dependency on lazy_static, though as a result of this, compiling with older versions will no longer be possible.
diff --git a/changelog.d/.gitignore b/changelog.d/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/changelog.d/154.new.md b/changelog.d/154.new.md
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..2c8e796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/154.new.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+204.new.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog.d/204.new.md b/changelog.d/204.new.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1babc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/204.new.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Optionally preserve modified time of exported files
+
+Add a new argument `--preserve-mtime` to keep the original modified time attribute of notes being exported, instead of setting them to the current time.
+
+Contribution made by [Davis Davalos-DeLosh](https://github.com/Programmerino).
diff --git a/changelog.d/template.md b/changelog.d/template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0ae807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{% if render_title %}
+## v{{ versiondata.version }} ({{ versiondata.date }})
+{% endif %}
+{% for section, _ in sections.items() %}
+{% if section %}
+
+## {{section}}
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if sections[section] %}
+{% for category, val in definitions.items() if category in sections[section] %}
+### {{ definitions[category]['name'] }}
+
+{% for text, values in sections[section][category].items() %}
+- {{ text }}
+{%- if values %}
+{% if "\n  - " in text or '\n  * ' in text %}
+
+
+  (
+{%- else %}
+{% if text %} ({% endif %}
+{%- endif -%}
+{%- for issue in values %}
+{{ issue.split(": ", 1)[0] }}{% if not loop.last %}, {% endif %}
+{%- endfor %}
+{% if text %}){% endif %}
+
+{% else %}
+
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% if issues_by_category[section][category] and "]: " in issues_by_category[section][category][0] %}
+{% for issue in issues_by_category[section][category] %}
+{{ issue }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endif %}
+{% if sections[section][category]|length == 0 %}
+No significant changes.
+
+{% else %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% else %}
+No significant changes.
+
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor +%}
diff --git a/docs/Release-checklist.md b/docs/Release-checklist.md
index c82f362..4f7f51c 100644
--- a/docs/Release-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/Release-checklist.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Release process
 
-- [ ] Run `./make-new-release.sh`
+- [ ] Run `just make-new-release`
 - [ ] Push the created release commit/tag to GitHub
 - [ ] Wait for builds to turn green (<https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export/actions>) and confirm everything looks OK.
diff --git a/make-new-release.sh b/make-new-release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 103c926..0000000
--- a/make-new-release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-get_next_version_number() {
-	DATEPART=$(date +%y.%-m)
-	ITERATION=0
-
-	while true; do
-		VERSION_STRING="${DATEPART}.${ITERATION}"
-		if git rev-list "v$VERSION_STRING" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-			((ITERATION++))
-		else
-			echo "$VERSION_STRING"
-			return
-		fi
-	done
-}
-
-git add .
-if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
-	printf "Working directory is not clean. Please commit or stash your changes.\n"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION=$(get_next_version_number)
-git tag "v${VERSION}"
-
-git cliff --latest --prepend CHANGELOG.md > /dev/null
-${EDITOR:-vim} CHANGELOG.md
-docs/generate.sh
-
-sed -i -E "s/^version = \".+\"$/version = \"${VERSION}\"/" Cargo.toml
-cargo check
-
-git add .
-# There are likely trailing whitespace changes in the changelog, but a single
-# run of pre-commit will fix these automatically.
-pre-commit run || git add .
-
-git commit --message "Release v${VERSION}"
-git tag "v${VERSION}" --force
-
-printf "\n\nSuccessfully created release %s\n" "v${VERSION}"
-printf "\nYou'll probably want to continue with:\n"
-printf "\tgit push origin main\n"
-printf "\tgit push origin %s\n" "v${VERSION}"
diff --git a/towncrier.toml b/towncrier.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e136960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/towncrier.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+[tool.towncrier]
+name = "obsidian-export"
+directory = "changelog.d"
+template = "changelog.d/template.md"
+filename = "CHANGELOG.md"
+start_string = "<!-- towncrier release notes start -->\n"
+underlines = ["", "", ""]
+title_format = ""
+issue_format = "[#{issue}](https://github.com/zoni/obsidian-export/issues/{issue})"
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "new"
+name = "New Features"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "change"
+name = "Changes"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "fix"
+name = "Fixes"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "breaking"
+name = "Backwards-incompatible Changes"
+showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towncrier.type]]
+directory = "deprecation"
+name = "Deprecations"
+showcontent = true