diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 24ba65cb0..3ea5950c3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.31~rc9-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     used for experimental (trunk), oldstable and stable, but Vcs-*
     doesn't yet provide the ability to distinguish branches in a
     more fine-grained manner. (Closes: #471495)
+  * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.3, no changes needed
 
   [ dann frazier ]
   * n_tty: Fix echo race
diff --git a/debian/templates/control.source.in b/debian/templates/control.source.in
index 99ea22509..fef72d9b0 100644
--- a/debian/templates/control.source.in
+++ b/debian/templates/control.source.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Section: kernel
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>, Frederik Schüler <fs@debian.org>, maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 3.8.2
+Standards-Version: 3.8.3
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 7), cpio, module-init-tools, python
 Build-Depends-Indep: bzip2, python-central, xmlto
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/sid/linux-2.6/