diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b55718053..bf6a37782 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Source: libgit2
 Section: libs
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Russell Sim <russell.sim@gmail.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160114),
                python-minimal (>= 2.4.0), pkg-config,
                cmake, libz-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev,
                libssh2-1-dev, libhttp-parser-dev, libkrb5-dev
-Standards-Version: 3.9.8
+Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Homepage: http://libgit2.github.com/
 Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/libgit2.git/
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/libgit2.git/