diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bb892e00654c8f9231d4d60bfeab2b877a48c771..b25b20970795d939450b794160844634612d6ace 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libnb-org-openide-util-java (>= 8.1),
  libnb-org-openide-util-lookup-java (>= 8.1),
  maven-repo-helper (>= 1.6~)
-Standards-Version: 3.9.6
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: http://kenai.com/projects/simplevalidation/pages/Home
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libsimple-validation-java.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libsimple-validation-java