diff --git a/releasenotes/config.yaml b/releasenotes/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa9f8f379e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+encoding: utf8
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 13be85ed5928..729f2747d76f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ cython>=0.27.1
 pylatexenc>=1.4
 ddt>=1.2.0,!=1.4.0
 seaborn>=0.9.0
-reno>=3.1.0
+reno>=3.2.0
 Sphinx>=1.8.3,<3.1.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.4.0
 sphinx-tabs>=1.1.11