diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 64edd211c7f266eb0390583d4cfa727df7a81430..162f0a4eaf2c292ab50c54a6f74a09ec1e74eb60 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-tar (1.29b-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+tar (1.29b-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * add suggests tar-doc, closes: #856958
   * increase test suite verbosity and dump test results into build log on