diff --git a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
index 002313c..dd550fb 100644
--- a/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
+++ b/Alien/Package/Deb.pm
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ sub prep {
 		# release or version. Parse changelog to detect that.
 		open (my $changelog, "<$dir/debian/changelog") || return;
 		my $line=<$changelog>;
-		if ($line=~/^[^ ]+\(([^)])\)\s/) {
+		if ($line=~/^[^ ]+\s+\(([^)]+)\)\s/) {
 			my $version=$1;
 			if ($version=~/(.*)-(.*)/) {
 				$version=$1;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 662c049..59bc7c3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+alien (8.34) unstable; urgency=low
+
+UNRE
+  * Fixed changelog parsing regexp. Noticed by Gerald Turner who is sure
+    turning up in this changelog a lot.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon,  7 Jul 2003 19:23:33 -0400
+
 alien (8.33) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Added a new j2sdk patch that does not rename the package.