diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5b8d6fc51f8..ec80caff985 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
-export DEB_VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | grep -E '^Version:' | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
+export DEB_VERSION=$(shell dpkg-parsechangelog -SVersion)
 export BUILD_VERSION=v${DEB_VERSION}-debian-pragmatic
 export GO111MODULE=on