diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 69103711..79b9fb90 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ davical (1.1.3~git20140914-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * Bump dh compat to level 9
   * Add a debian/watch file
   * Switch d/copyright to copyright-format 1.0, amend CREDITS from git log
+  * Bump dependency on awl to 0.55
   * Declare compliance with Debian Policy 3.9.6
   * Upload to Debian (closes: #726577)
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fddf3127..e91681b1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Maintainer: Davical Development Team <davical-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
 Uploaders: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>,
  Florian Schlichting <fsfs@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libawl-php, gettext
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+ libawl-php (>= 0.55-1~), libawl-php (<< 0.56),
+ gettext
 Vcs-git: https://gitlab.com/davical-project/davical.git
 Vcs-browser: https://gitlab.com/davical-project/davical
 Homepage: http://www.davical.org/
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ Homepage: http://www.davical.org/
 Package: davical
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends},
- libawl-php (>= 0.54-1~), libawl-php (<< 0.55),
+ libawl-php (>= 0.55-1~), libawl-php (<< 0.56),
  libdbd-pg-perl,
  libyaml-perl,
  php5,