diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2843d15d..81e5abff 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ libfprint (1:0.8.1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/rules: Do not explicitly pass --parallel to debhelper as it's the
     default now
   * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 4.1.4 (no further changes)
+  * debian/control: Bump all the packages to priority optional, priority extra
+    is now deprecated
 
- -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:43:15 +0200
+ -- Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:09:25 +0200
 
 libfprint (1:0.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4bec0649..e9a27367 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: libfprint
-Priority: extra
+Priority: optional
 Section: libs
 Maintainer: FingerForce Team <fingerforce-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Ulises Vitulli <dererk@debian.org>, Didier Raboud <odyx@debian.org>