diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 05621654ba7cc7e28d30919df480cec2cafef087..7a70441789f740ac65399ee0f917735143534528 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-chef-handler-mail (0.1.2+20141105.fb56e0ae-1~bpo9+1) stretch-backports; urgency=medium
+chef-handler-mail (0.1.2+20141105.fb56e0ae-1~bpo8+1) stretch-backports; urgency=medium
 
-  * Rebuild for stretch-backports.
-  * Backport for stretch
+  * Backport for Jessie
 
  -- Christopher Huhn <C.Huhn@gsi.de>  Wed, 18 Apr 2018 17:41:57 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index aa93b11a2fbb4b6d74be1e35cf7cb372781f0adb..020d8fdc26342c97d4b7bd4c5b17545212566555 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-debian-branch = stretch-backports
+debian-branch = jessie-backports