diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4d3608d8e..90aeeb3ba 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ libgit2 (0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.2) unstable; urgency=medium
         Closes: #882632
       + Use HTTPS URIs
 
+  * debian/watch: Fix generated version numbers
+
   * Make the package lintian-clean
     * debian/control
       + Use canonical Vcs-* URLs
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index a8c6b955f..9e850b32d 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version=3
-opts=compression=xz,repack,filenamemangle=s/.+\/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz/libgit2-$1\.tar\.gz/,dversionmangle=s/\+dfsg\d*$//,repacksuffix=+dfsg1 \
+opts=compression=xz,repack,filenamemangle=s/.+\/v?(\d\S*)\.tar\.gz/libgit2-$1\.tar\.gz/,dversionmangle=s/\+dfsg\d*$//,repacksuffix=+dfsg.1 \
   https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases .*/v?([\d.]*)\.tar\.gz