diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 95eaf535..e12502cd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ byobu (2.26) unreleased; urgency=low
     bin/wifi_quality: performance improvements, reduce the number of
     forked shells by multiple sed-calls on one line by using a single
     sed call with multiple -e arguments (thanks for the suggestion smoser)
+  * debian/control: bumping standards version
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:23:19 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:30:27 -0500
 
 byobu (2.25-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2482f049..52843467 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: byobu
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
-Standards-Version: 3.8.2
+Standards-Version: 3.8.3
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), gettext-base
 Homepage: http://launchpad.net/byobu
 Vcs-Bzr: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/byobu/trunk