diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3c2d7db..596d193 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Source: golang-github-docker-leadership
 Section: devel
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <pkg-go-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org>, Tim Potter <tpot@hpe.com>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),