diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 19bef7c..574cd0d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+ladybug (0.18.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release.
+  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4 (no changes required).
+  * Update debian/watch to version 5 format.
+  * Remove obsolete soname.patch (no longer needed).
+  * Add separate copyright stanza for debian/* packaging files.
+
+ -- Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>  Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0530
+
 ladybug (0.18.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 15b06af..d8bce48 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Source: ladybug
 Section: database
-Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Build-Depends:
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  cmake,
  libssl-dev (>= 3.0.0),
  libssl-dev (<< 4.0.0)
-Standards-Version: 4.7.2
+Standards-Version: 4.7.4
 Homepage: https://ladybugdb.com/
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug.git
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index ff6d57c..be91e54 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ Source: https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug
 
 Files: *
 Copyright: 2024-2026 LadybugDB contributors
+License: Expat
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2024-2026 LadybugDB contributors
+License: Expat
+
 License: Expat
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 4db24c4..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-soname.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/soname.patch b/debian/patches/soname.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 04751e5..0000000
--- a/debian/patches/soname.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Description: Add SONAME for shared library
-Author: Ally Heev <allyheev@gmail.com>
-Forwarded: not-needed
-
---- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
- add_library(lbug STATIC ${ALL_OBJECT_FILES})
- add_library(lbug_shared SHARED ${ALL_OBJECT_FILES})
-
-+set_target_properties(lbug_shared PROPERTIES
-+    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-+    SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
-+)
-+
- set(LBUG_LIBRARIES antlr4_cypher antlr4_runtime brotlidec brotlicommon fast_float utf8proc re2 fastpfor parquet snappy thrift yyjson zstd miniz mbedtls lz4 roaring_bitmap simsimd)
- if (NOT __SINGLE_THREADED__)
-         set(LBUG_LIBRARIES ${LBUG_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index 9b73cbc..4ea4a13 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=4
+version=5
 opts=filenamemangle=s/.+\/v?(\d[\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz/ladybug-$1\.tar\.gz/ \
   https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug/tags \
   .*/archive/refs/tags/v?(\d[\d\.]+)\.tar\.gz