diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 1b53dab..78e5646 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "🐞 Issue report for {{ cookiecutter.package_name }}"
+name: "🐞 Issue report for package-template itself"
 about: Create a report describing unexpected or incorrect behavior.
 title: "[Issue]: <title>"
 labels: bug
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
similarity index 90%
rename from {{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
rename to .github/labeler.yml
index d58675e..763f5e5 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/labeler.yml	
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -22,19 +22,18 @@ jobs:
 
 documentation:
   - changed-files:
-    - all-globs-to-any-file: ['*.rst', '!CHANGES.rst']
+    - all-globs-to-any-file: ['*.rst', '!CHANGES.rst', '!licenses/LICENSE.rst']
     - any-glob-to-any-file:
       - 'docs/**/*'
       - '*.md'
       - '.readthedocs.yaml'
-      - 'licenses/LICENSE.rst'
 
 installation:
   - changed-files:
     - any-glob-to-any-file:
       - 'pyproject.toml'
       - 'setup.*'
-      - 'requirements-*.txt'
+      - 'requirements*.txt'
       - 'MANIFEST.in'
 
 # --------------------------------------- testing ---------------------------------------
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label_pull_request.yaml b/.github/workflows/label_pull_request.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f51840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/label_pull_request.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Label pull request
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+
+jobs:
+  triage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9  # v5.0.0
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          sync-labels: true
+          
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index 696a864..9d60a17 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
         "BSD 3-Clause"
     ],
     "minimum_python_version": [
-        "3.10",
         "3.11",
         "3.12",
         "3.13"
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 6f27dfa..d7f42c8 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import py
 import pytest
 
 import tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 17b9b0c..9d409eb 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 envlist =
-    py{310,311,312}-test
+    py{311,312,313}-test
     build-docs
 
 [testenv]
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/labeler.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c34b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/labeler.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: "Pull Request Labeler"
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+
+{% raw %}
+# needs pull_request_target to label forks
+jobs:
+  labeler:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9  # v5.0.0
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+
+documentation:
+  - changed-files:
+    - all-globs-to-any-file: ['*.rst', '!CHANGES.rst', '!licenses/LICENSE.rst']
+    - any-glob-to-any-file:
+      - 'docs/**/*'
+      - '*.md'
+      - '.readthedocs.yaml'
+      - 'CITATION.cff'
+
+installation:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file:
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'setup.*'
+      - 'requirements*.txt'
+      - 'MANIFEST.in'
+
+# --------------------------------------- testing ---------------------------------------
+
+automation:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file:
+      - '.github/**'
+      - '.bandit.yaml'
+      - '.codecov.yml'
+
+testing:
+  - changed-files:
+    - any-glob-to-any-file:
+      - '**/tests/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/*ci*.yml'
+      - 'conftest.py'
+      - 'tox.ini'
+
+{% endraw %}
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af632ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/changelog.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: changelog
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - labeled
+      - unlabeled
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b  # v5.3.0
+        with:
+          python-version: 3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: pip install .
+      - run: pip install towncrier
+      - run: towncrier check
+      - run: towncrier build --draft | grep -P '#${{ github.event.number }}'
+  prevent_manually_editing_changlog:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683  # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: prevent direct changes to `CHANGES.rst`
+        run: git diff HEAD ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} --no-patch --exit-code CHANGES.rst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/run_labeler.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/run_labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78636ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/run_labeler.yml	
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Label pull request
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+
+jobs:
+  triage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: label-the-PR
+      - uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9  # v5.0.0
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' || github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          sync-labels: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/sphinx-deploy.yml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/sphinx-deploy.yml
index 012a789..c6907c5 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/sphinx-deploy.yml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/.github/workflows/sphinx-deploy.yml	
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   pages:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/CHANGES.rst b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/CHANGES.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc42f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/CHANGES.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.. towncrier release notes start
+
+Package development begun {% now 'utc', '%Y-%m-%d' %}
+=====================================================
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml
index 33fdcaa..e67adb4 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml	
@@ -119,19 +119,18 @@ exclude_lines = [
 ]
 
 [tool.towncrier]
-filename = "CHANGES.rst"
-# Where you want your news files to come out, `NEWS.rst` is the default.
+# Where you want your news files to come out, filename=`NEWS.rst` is the default.
 # This can be .rst or .md, towncrier's default template works with both.
-# filename = "NEWS.rst"
+filename = "CHANGES.rst"
 directory = "changes"
-package = "{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}"
+package = "{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}"
 title_format = "{version} ({project_date})"
 ignore = [".gitkeep"]
 wrap = true
 issue_format = "`#{issue} <https://github.com/Roman-Supernova-PIT/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/issues/{issue}>`_"
 
 [[tool.towncrier.type]]
-directory = "general"
+directory = "/"
 name = "General"
 showcontent = true
 
@@ -139,3 +138,10 @@ showcontent = true
 directory = "docs"
 name = "Documentation"
 showcontent = true
+
+[[tool.towndcrier.type]]
+directory = {{  cookiecutter.module_name }}
+name = " {{  cookiecutter.module_name  }}"
+showcontent = true
+
+
diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/tests/conftest.py b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed10637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/{{ cookiecutter.module_name }}/tests/conftest.py	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# this is a module level file
+import pytest
+
+import tox
+from tox.pytest import init_fixture