diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 08f09008..d590c1eb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+fail2ban (0.8.10-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/watch
+    - restrict version matching only to numbers and period (to exclude
+    alpha releases of 0.9 series)
+
+ --
+
 fail2ban (0.8.10-3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/jail.conf
diff --git a/debian/watch b/debian/watch
index d64db318..9f008293 100644
--- a/debian/watch
+++ b/debian/watch
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Site		Directory		Pattern			Version	Script
 version=3
 opts="filenamemangle=s/.*\/(.*).tar.gz/fail2ban_$1\.orig.tar.gz/" \
- http://githubredir.debian.net/github/fail2ban/fail2ban /([0-9].*).tar.gz
+ http://githubredir.debian.net/github/fail2ban/fail2ban /([\.0-9]*).tar.gz