From c484029333aac96db107c0406968d41d3f137585 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:08:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use 'utf-8' for consistency with other modules.

---
 src/towncrier/_writer.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/towncrier/_writer.py b/src/towncrier/_writer.py
index 4145e3d4..72b53289 100644
--- a/src/towncrier/_writer.py
+++ b/src/towncrier/_writer.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def append_to_newsfile(
     # Leave newlines alone. This probably leads to inconsistent newlines,
     # because we've loaded existing content with universal newlines, but that's
     # the original behavior.
-    with news_file.open("w", encoding="utf8", newline="") as f:
+    with news_file.open("w", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
         if header:
             f.write(header)
         # If there is no previous body that means we're writing a brand new news file.