diff -Nru canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog
--- canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-11-01 07:56:31.000000000 +0000
+++ canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/changelog	2018-12-03 08:55:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+canu (1.8+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Team upload
+  * Properly reporting version number
+
+ -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:55:59 +0100
+
 canu (1.8+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff -Nru canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series
--- canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2018-11-01 07:56:31.000000000 +0000
+++ canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/series	2018-12-03 08:55:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 use-debian-mhap-at-runtime.patch
 external-mhap.patch
+tell_version_properly.patch
diff -Nru canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/tell_version_properly.patch canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/tell_version_properly.patch
--- canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/tell_version_properly.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ canu-1.8+dfsg/debian/patches/tell_version_properly.patch	2018-12-03 08:55:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description: Properly reporting version number
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/915269
+Author: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
+Lest-Update: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:53:52 +0100
+
+--- a/src/canu_version_update.pl
++++ b/src/canu_version_update.pl
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use Cwd qw(getcwd);
+ 
+ my $cwd = getcwd();
+ 
+-my $label    = "snapshot";     #  Automagically set to 'release' for releases.
++my $label    = "release";     #  Automagically set to 'release' for releases.
+ my $major    = "1";            #  Bump before release.
+ my $minor    = "8";            #  Bump before release.
+