diff -Nru ess-18.10.2/debian/changelog ess-18.10.2/debian/changelog
--- ess-18.10.2/debian/changelog	2019-10-03 17:38:13.000000000 +0000
+++ ess-18.10.2/debian/changelog	2022-06-24 22:23:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+ess (18.10.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/control: Remove alternate dependency on install-info
+                                  			(Closes: #1013685)
+  * debian/control: Set Standards-Version: to current version 
+  * debian/control: Switch to virtual debhelper-compat (= 11)
+  * debian/compat: Removed
+  * debian/watch: Updated
+
+ -- Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>  Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:23:24 -0500
+
 ess (18.10.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/control: Change Build-Depends: from texlive-generic-recommended
diff -Nru ess-18.10.2/debian/compat ess-18.10.2/debian/compat
--- ess-18.10.2/debian/compat	2018-08-18 21:35:02.000000000 +0000
+++ ess-18.10.2/debian/compat	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff -Nru ess-18.10.2/debian/control ess-18.10.2/debian/control
--- ess-18.10.2/debian/control	2019-10-03 17:38:13.000000000 +0000
+++ ess-18.10.2/debian/control	2022-06-24 22:21:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 Section: gnu-r
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
-Standards-Version: 4.1.1
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10)
+Standards-Version: 4.2.1
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11)
 Build-Depends-Indep: dh-elpa, texlive-base, texlive-latex-base, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-latex-extra, texlive-plain-generic, texlive-extra-utils, texlive-fonts-recommended, texinfo
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/edd/ess
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/edd/ess.git
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 Package: elpa-ess
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, emacsen-common (>= 2.0.8), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, emacsen-common (>= 2.0.8)
 Conflicts: dhelp (<= 0.3.12)
 Breaks: ess (<= 17.11-3)
 Recommends: r-base-core
diff -Nru ess-18.10.2/debian/watch ess-18.10.2/debian/watch
--- ess-18.10.2/debian/watch	2018-08-18 13:39:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ess-18.10.2/debian/watch	2022-06-24 22:23:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # format version number, currently 2; this line is compulsory!
-version=2
+version=3
 
 # This is one format for an HTTP site, which is the same as the FTP format
-http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ess-([-0-9\.]*).tgz
+https://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ess-([-0-9\.]*).tgz