diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c557858b..f1d4427b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+livecd-rootfs (1.138) maverick; urgency=low
+
+  * Don't go overboard with the downgrading of packages; this probably caused
+    the rebuild failure attempts, we'll do without downgrading base packages
+    already installed by debootstrap in this use case.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:18:48 +0200
+
 livecd-rootfs (1.137) maverick; urgency=low
 
   * Make sure APT_SOURCE is always set.
diff --git a/livecd.sh b/livecd.sh
index 04f020f1..a45b5423 100755
--- a/livecd.sh
+++ b/livecd.sh
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ link_in_boot = $link_in_boot
 	cat << @@EOF > ${ROOT}etc/apt/preferences
 Package: ssl-cert
 Pin: version 1.0.14-0ubuntu2
-Pin-Priority: 900
+Pin-Priority: 991
 @@EOF
     fi
 
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ Pin-Priority: 500
 
 Package: *
 Pin: origin $APT_PIN
-Pin-Priority: 1001
+Pin-Priority: 900
 @@EOF
 	FORCE_YES=--force-yes
     fi