diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e297ff4..d039fcf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+lxqt-panel (0.16.1-1ubuntu1) hirsute; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream version. Merge from debian unstable.
+  * Tighten debhelper-compat requirement.
+  * Updated dependencies.
+  * Updated debian/rules.
+
+ -- Raman Sarda <theloudspeaker@disroot.org>  Mon, 22 Feb 2021 02:37:32 +0530
+
+lxqt-panel (0.16.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Alf Gaida ]
+  * Switched to gbp
+  * Bumped Standards-Version to 4.4.0, no changes needed
+  * improved debian/rules
+
+  [ Andrew Lee (李健秋) ]
+  * New upstream release. (Closes: #916105, #953154, #978204)
+
+ -- Andrew Lee (李健秋) <ajqlee@debian.org>  Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:30:22 +0800
+
 lxqt-panel (0.15.0-0ubuntu1) groovy; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6cf5a44..9826f16 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,22 +4,23 @@ XSBC-Original-Maintainer: LXQt Packaging Team <pkg-lxqt-devel@lists.alioth.debia
 Uploaders: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>
 Section: x11
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libasound2-dev,
                libdbusmenu-qt5-dev,
                libglib2.0-dev,
                libicu-dev,
                libkf5solid-dev,
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
-               liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0-dev (>= 0.15.0),
-               liblxqt-globalkeys0-dev (>= 0.15.0),
                liblxqt0-dev (>= 0.15.0),
+               libkf5solid-dev,
+               liblxqt-globalkeys0-dev (>= 0.16.0~),
+               liblxqt-globalkeys-ui0-dev (>= 0.16.0~),
                libpulse-dev,
                libqt5svg5-dev,
                libqt5x11extras5-dev,
                libsensors4-dev [!hurd-any],
                libstatgrab-dev [linux-any],
-               libsysstat-qt5-0-dev (>= 0.4.3),
+               libsysstat-qt5-0-dev (>= 0.4.4~),
                libx11-dev,
                libxcb-damage0-dev,
                libxcb-util0-dev,
diff --git a/debian/gbp.conf b/debian/gbp.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8957fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gbp.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+debian-branch = debian/sid
+upstream-branch = upstream/latest
+pristine-tar = True
+compression = xz
+
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8889c1e..ccd9c70 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 
-WHICH_OS := $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS 2>/dev/null)
+include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
-ifeq ($(WHICH_OS), kfreebsd)
-    NOT_LINUX := -DCPULOAD_PLUGIN=NO -DNETWORKMONITOR_PLUGIN=NO -DVOLUME_PLUGIN=NO
+ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS), kfreebsd)
+    CONF_FLAGS := -DCPULOAD_PLUGIN=NO -DNETWORKMONITOR_PLUGIN=NO -DVOLUME_PLUGIN=NO
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(WHICH_OS), hurd)
-    NOT_LINUX := -DCPULOAD_PLUGIN=NO -DNETWORKMONITOR_PLUGIN=NO -DVOLUME_PLUGIN=NO -DSENSORS_PLUGIN=NO
+ifeq ($(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS), hurd)
+    CONF_FLAGS := -DCPULOAD_PLUGIN=NO -DNETWORKMONITOR_PLUGIN=NO -DVOLUME_PLUGIN=NO -DSENSORS_PLUGIN=NO
 endif
 
+
 %:
 	dh ${@} --buildsystem cmake
 
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		-DUPDATE_TRANSLATIONS=OFF \
 		-DDOM_PLUGIN=YES \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
-		$(NOT_LINUX)
+		$(CONF_FLAGS)