diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
index 3a67b2a..5d7b3bb 100644
--- a/debian/gbp.conf
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ sign-tags = true
 
 [dch]
 multimaint-merge = true
+postedit = sed -i s"@^\( \+version: '\)\S\+\(',\)@\1$GBP_DEBIAN_VERSION\2@" meson.build
+ignore-regex = ((Signed-off|Acked)-by:|Part-of:)