diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 58a8402..cf3ec31 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+votca-xtp (1.6.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release. 
+
+ -- Nicholas Breen <nbreen@debian.org>  Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:03:35 -0700
+
 votca-xtp (1.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release. (Closes: #921202)
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 43f6b33..b9d605c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Debichem Team <debichem-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Nicholas Breen <nbreen@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: cmake,
-               debhelper (>= 12),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-python,
                libboost-chrono-dev,
                libboost-filesystem-dev,
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
                libfftw3-dev,
                libhdf5-dev,
                libsqlite3-dev,
-               libvotca-csg-dev (>= 1.6.1),
+               libvotca-csg-dev (>= 1.6.2),
                libvotca-csg-dev (<< 1.7~),
-               libvotca-tools-dev (>= 1.6.1),
+               libvotca-tools-dev (>= 1.6.2),
                libvotca-tools-dev (<< 1.7~),
                libxc-dev,
                pkg-config,
@@ -82,4 +82,3 @@
  disordered semiconductors.
  .
  This package contains architecture-independent tutorials for votca-xtp.
-
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3c0820b..85ed4a8 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python3
-