diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e31e6f4..54dd938 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  libsystemd-dev [linux-any],
  asciidoc-base <!nodoc> | asciidoc <!nodoc>,
  xmlto <!nodoc>,
-Standards-Version: 4.5.1
+Standards-Version: 4.6.1
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Section: libs
 Homepage: http://czmq.zeromq.org/