diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ffed037..c2d9209 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ xen-tools (4.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     #503339)
   * Downgrade reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs and rinse to Suggests. (Closes:
     #561618)
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8. (no changes necessary)
 
  --
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b259cf0..858b1e7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Axel Beckert <abe@deuxchevaux.org>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), libtest-pod-perl, libtext-template-perl
-Standards-Version: 3.8.0
+Standards-Version: 3.8.3
 Homepage: http://xen-tools.org/software/xen-tools
 
 Package: xen-tools