diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 16057401a5e5d26be2e041db5a9bc5fca73985d4..dca0398d2e92c05691e6b46698c5d19014c1288d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ROUTERVERSION=$(CURDIR)/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/RouterVersion.java
 # I2P's version will be displayed in the router console as "$I2PVERSION-$EXTRAPREFIX$DEBIANVERSION", eg. 0.8.12-0-deb1
 export EXTRAPREFIX := deb
 export JAVA_HOME I2P
-export DEBIANVERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog |awk -F' ' '/Version/{print $$2}' |sed 's/.*-\([[:digit:]]\{1,\}\).*$$/\1/')
+export DEBIANVERSION := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog |awk -F' ' '/Version:/{print $$2}' |sed 's/.*-\([[:digit:]]\{1,\}\).*$$/\1/')
 #export DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU)
 
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