diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cd2d823..dabfc64 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   * Moved to Git
   * cme fix dpkg-control
   * debhelper 9
+  * Replace outdated libservlet2.5-java by libservlet3.1-java
+    Closes: #801043
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:25:41 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 16eaa89..c84dc7b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                javahelper,
                default-jdk,
                ant,
-               libservlet2.5-java
+               libservlet3.1-java
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/libkmlframework-java.git
 Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-med/libkmlframework-java.git