diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 56cd8cf426a252303e3f219a66df47d8aed2bea0..05621654ba7cc7e28d30919df480cec2cafef087 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+chef-handler-mail (0.1.2+20141105.fb56e0ae-1~bpo9+1) stretch-backports; urgency=medium
+
+  * Rebuild for stretch-backports.
+  * Backport for stretch
+
+ -- Christopher Huhn <C.Huhn@gsi.de>  Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:41:57 +0200
+
 chef-handler-mail (0.1.2+20141105.fb56e0ae-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index e28d240ea42bf70332bfead464a05d88cbc1fa4c..aa93b11a2fbb4b6d74be1e35cf7cb372781f0adb 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-debian-branch = debian
-#upstream-tag = v%(version)s
-upstream-tag = fb56e0ae
+debian-branch = stretch-backports