diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 460851e..89a9de0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   * Remove vestigial maven.rules.
   * Add autopkgtest.
   * Remove markdown->html docs gen.
+  * Update maven-repo-helper min version.
 
  -- Tom Marble <tmarble@info9.net>  Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:59:49 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0c46fce..2f67cf3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 10),
  javahelper (>= 0.32),
- default-jdk,
- maven-repo-helper (>= 1.5~)
+ maven-repo-helper (>= 1.7),
+ default-jdk
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/clojure-team/libtools-macro-clojure.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/clojure-team/libtools-macro-clojure