diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 496fd5a..8642590 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+base-files (9.9+mendel2) animal; urgency=medium
+
+  * vendorfile: point to the correct vendor file.
+
+ -- AIY Projects <support-aiyprojects@google.com>  Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:23:00 -0800
+
 base-files (9.9+mendel1) animal; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial fork of the original Debian base-files package for Mendel.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 7f4f799..e0143b0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   OSNAME=GNU/Hurd
 endif
 
-VENDORFILE = debian
+VENDORFILE = mendel
 
 %:
 	dh $@
diff --git a/etc/debian_version b/etc/debian_version
deleted file mode 100644
index 592f36e..0000000
--- a/etc/debian_version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9.5
diff --git a/etc/mendel_version b/etc/mendel_version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3827e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/mendel_version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.0