diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7b3f4827e1..13dce533d6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-git-annex (4.20131106) unstable; urgency=low
+git-annex (4.20131106~bpo70+1) wheezy-backports; urgency=low
 
   * Backport is now built against git 1.8.4, also now available in backports.
   * Improve local pairing behavior when two computers both try to start
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ git-annex (4.20131024) unstable; urgency=low
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:59:55 -0400
 
-git-annex (4.20131002~bpo70+2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+git-annex (4.20131002~bpo70+2) wheezy-backports; urgency=low
 
   * Wheezy backport: Relax cabal version constraint on gnutls
     (allow the version in wheezy to be used, despite it being a bit buggy).
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e60ba76713..736f99d479 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Build-Depends:
 	libghc-feed-dev,
 	ikiwiki,
 	perlmagick,
-	git (>= 1:1.8.4),
+	git (>= 1:1.8.4~rc3),
 	rsync,
 	wget,
 	curl,
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Package: git-annex
 Architecture: any
 Section: utils
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends},
-	git (>= 1:1.8.4),
+	git (>= 1:1.8.4~rc3),
 	rsync,
 	wget,
 	curl,