diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3b23710..6eee910 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 fastaq (3.17.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Remove RRID and fix EDAM syntax (Thanks Andreas Tille).
+  * Bump Standards-Version.
 
  -- Sascha Steinbiss <satta@debian.org>  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:59:51 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c062067..8e7ec99 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
                python3-nose,
                samtools,
                help2man
-Standards-Version: 4.1.4
+Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/fastaq
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/fastaq.git
 Homepage: https://github.com/sanger-pathogens/Fastaq