diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 66b7265..66270f8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
     + Replace python_distutils buildsystem with pybuild.
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Repository, Repository-Browse.
+  * Update standards version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:25:03 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8992383..f6b1e57 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  python3-testscenarios,
  python3-testtools,
  subunit,
-Standards-Version: 4.4.1
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/openstack-team/libs/python-castellan
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/openstack-team/libs/python-castellan.git
 Homepage: https://opendev.org/openstack/castellan