diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e3214cd..56b75de 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+libxstream-java (1.4.5-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * New upstream release
+    - Added a dependency on libjdom2-java
+  * Use XZ compression for the upstream tarball
+  * Build depend on debhelper >= 9
+
+ -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:43:12 +0200
+
 libxstream-java (1.4.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9436d45..28f232d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
            Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
 Build-Depends: ant,
                cdbs,
-               debhelper (>= 7),
+               debhelper (>= 9),
                default-jdk,
                javahelper,
                libcglib-java,
                libdom4j-java,
                libjdom1-java,
+               libjdom2-java,
                libjettison-java,
                libjoda-time-java,
                libkxml2-java,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 Suggests: libcglib-java,
           libdom4j-java,
           libjdom1-java,
+          libjdom2-java,
           libjettison-java,
           libjoda-time-java,
           libkxml2-java,
diff --git a/debian/manifest b/debian/manifest
index 653b440..e7f185c 100644
--- a/debian/manifest
+++ b/debian/manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 usr/share/java/xstream.jar:
- Class-Path: cglib.jar dom4j.jar jdom1.jar jettison.jar joda-time.jar xom.jar xpp3.jar xpp3-xpath.jar
\ No newline at end of file
+ Class-Path: cglib.jar dom4j.jar jdom1.jar jdom2.jar jettison.jar joda-time.jar xom.jar xpp3.jar xpp3-xpath.jar
diff --git a/debian/maven.rules b/debian/maven.rules
index b1e7769..310fa97 100644
--- a/debian/maven.rules
+++ b/debian/maven.rules
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 com.thoughtworks.xstream xstream-parent pom s/.*/debian/ * *
 com.thoughtworks.xstream xstream jar s/.*/debian/ * *
 s/jdom/org.jdom/ jdom jar s/1\..*/debian/ * *
+org.jdom jdom2 jar s/.*/debian/ * *
 s/net.sf.kxml/kxml2/ kxml2-min jar s/.*/debian/ * *
 s/net.sf.kxml/kxml2/ kxml2 jar s/.*/debian/ * *
 joda-time joda-time jar s/.*/debian/ * *
diff --git a/debian/orig-tar.sh b/debian/orig-tar.sh
index bde943a..0bbb860 100755
--- a/debian/orig-tar.sh
+++ b/debian/orig-tar.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 # called by uscan with '--upstream-version' <version> <file>
 DIR=xstream-$2
-TAR=../libxstream-java_$2.orig.tar.gz
+TAR=../libxstream-java_$2.orig.tar.xz
 
 # clean up the upstream tarball
 unzip $3
-GZIP=--best tar -c -z -f $TAR --exclude '*.jar' $DIR
+XZ_OPT=--best tar -c -J -f $TAR --exclude '*.jar' $DIR
 rm -rf $DIR $3
 
 # move to directory 'tarballs'
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a2176b3..bf95d95 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 PACKAGE              := $(DEB_SOURCE_PACKAGE)
 VERSION              := $(DEB_UPSTREAM_VERSION)
 JAVA_HOME            := /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
-DEB_JARS             := ant-nodeps xom joda-time jettison cglib dom4j xpp3 jdom1 stax woodstox-core-lgpl kxml2 stax2-api
+DEB_JARS             := ant-nodeps xom joda-time jettison cglib dom4j xpp3 jdom1 jdom2 stax woodstox-core-lgpl kxml2 stax2-api
 DEB_ANT_BUILD_TARGET := package javadoc
 DEB_ANT_BUILDFILE    := debian/build.xml
 DEB_ANT_ARGS         := -Dbasedir=$(realpath .) -Dpackage=xstream -Dversion=$(VERSION)