diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5cb1035..24f5dfa 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
       - Update symbols file.
   * debian/libgstreamer-dev.install:
     + Don't ship useless .la file for the core plugins.
+  * debian/control.in:
+    + Update debhelper dependency version and Standards-Version.
 
  -- Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>  Mon, 21 May 2012 11:14:06 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 65d75e0..a4a961d 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
            Sebastien Bacher <seb128@debian.org>,
            Sebastian Dröge <slomo@debian.org>,
            Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.1.3~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                cdbs (>= 0.4.93~),
                gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.7),
                autotools-dev,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                      xmlto,
                      netpbm,
                      libglib2.0-doc
-Standards-Version: 3.8.4
+Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org
 
 Package: @GST_LIB@