diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 57f0bec..4314dfe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Bug-Database, Bug-Submit, Repository,
     Repository-Browse.
+  * Update standards version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Sat, 11 Sep 2021 20:58:12 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c1ac3d0..4b280b3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Sebastien Delafond <seb@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), dh-python, python3-setuptools, python3-all, python3-pytest-runner, python3-pytest, python3-mock
-Standards-Version: 4.5.0
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Homepage: https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/python-procrunner
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/python-procrunner
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/python-procrunner.git