diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b8d6c4a..71dd209 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   * Add salsa-ci file (routine-update)
   * Rules-Requires-Root: no (routine-update)
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Repository, Repository-Browse.
+  * Do not parse d/changelog (routine-update)
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:32:44 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index e757e2f..1519595 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 
 DH_VERBOSE=1
-DEBVERS := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n -e 's/^Version: //p')
-VERSION := $(shell echo '$(DEBVERS)' | sed -e 's/^[[:digit:]]*://' -e 's/[~-].*//')
-OVERSION := $(shell echo '$(DEBVERS)' | sed -e 's/^[[:digit:]]*://' -e 's/[+].*//')
+include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk
+VERSION := $(shell echo '$(DEB_VERSION)' | sed -e 's/^[[:digit:]]*://' -e 's/[~-].*//')
+OVERSION := $(shell echo '$(DEB_VERSION)' | sed -e 's/^[[:digit:]]*://' -e 's/[+].*//')
 
 %:
 	dh $@