diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index daddaa39b..e33c057c7 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 version=3
-https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/releases/ /jitsi/jitsi-meet/archive/(\S+)\.tar\.gz
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+opts="uversionmangle=s/^/1.0./" https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/releases/ /jitsi/jitsi-meet/archive/(\S+)\.tar\.gz
\ No newline at end of file