diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 22740388e738b14b8b4a0f43a6ee29b2b284e3da..900017311d505006f05b9f539fe90642eafd23df 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ruby-parseconfig (1.0.8-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     (already present in machine-readable debian/copyright).
   * Update watch file format version to 4.
   * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
+  * Update standards version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 07:00:34 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e4e49655cc339338a9fcca1697cb99e95d0da5e6..dc2546563e91d673bb77c88edb76c608e7fcf85c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Uploaders: Daniel Leidert <dleidert@debian.org>
 Section: ruby
 Priority: optional
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), gem2deb
-Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/ruby-parseconfig
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/ruby-parseconfig.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/datafolklabs/ruby-parseconfig