diff --git a/proxmox/Cargo.toml b/proxmox/Cargo.toml
index 9ce6b974..68f4596f 100644
--- a/proxmox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "proxmox"
 edition = "2018"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 authors = [
     "Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>",
     "Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ endian_trait = { version = "0.6", features = ["arrays"] }
 regex = "1.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-valgrind_request = { git = "https://github.com/edef1c/libvalgrind_request", version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
+#valgrind_request = { git = "https://github.com/edef1c/libvalgrind_request", version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
 # libc, nix, lazy_static
 
 # sys module:
diff --git a/proxmox/debian/changelog b/proxmox/debian/changelog
index 009d503a..549f46f6 100644
--- a/proxmox/debian/changelog
+++ b/proxmox/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+rust-proxmox (0.1.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * disable valgrind features for now due to packaging issues
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:23:58 +0100
+
 rust-proxmox (0.1.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * merge tools, sys and api crate into the proxmox main crate to reduce