diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 983bd99..02ba4b9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
   * 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 05:59:14 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ef95057..e3beeab 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                dh-python,
                python3-all,
                python3-setuptools
-Standards-Version: 4.4.1
+Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/python-pyqrcode.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/python-pyqrcode
 Homepage: https://github.com/mnooner256/pyqrcode