diff --git a/CI/deb_changelog.py b/CI/deb_changelog.py
index aaef5b4771..a18d642924 100644
--- a/CI/deb_changelog.py
+++ b/CI/deb_changelog.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
+import re
 
 IGNORE_SEGMENTS = ['Github Actions:']
 
@@ -11,14 +12,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
   parser.add_argument('-u', '--urgency', type=str, default='low', help='Urgency of the package')
   args = parser.parse_args()
   build_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z') # day-of-week, dd month yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz
-  with open('ChangeLog', 'r') as in_file, open('debian/changelog', 'w+') as out_file:
-    out_file.write(f'{args.name} ({args.version}) {args.distribution}; urgency={args.urgency}\n')
+  version_str = re.match('^(\d+.\d+.\d+).*$', args.version).group(1)
+  with open('ChangeLog', 'r', encoding='utf8') as in_file, open('debian/changelog', 'w+', encoding='utf8') as out_file:
+    out_file.write('{} ({}) {}; urgency={}\n'.format(args.name, args.version, args.distribution, args.urgency))
     in_section = False
     ignore_segment = False
-    
-    while line := in_file.readline():
+    line = in_file.readline()
+    while line:
       if line.startswith('v'):
-        if line.startswith(f'v{args.version}'):
+        if line.startswith('v{}'.format(version_str)):
           in_section = True
         elif in_section:
           break
@@ -29,10 +31,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
       elif line.strip() in IGNORE_SEGMENTS:
         ignore_segment = True
       elif line.strip().endswith(':'):
-        out_file.write(f'\n  * {line.strip()[:-1]}')
+        out_file.write('\n  * {}'.format(line.strip()[:-1]))
       else:
         if in_section and not ignore_segment:
           while line.startswith(('#', '|', '-')):
             line = ' '.join(line.split()[1:])
-          out_file.write(f'\n    - {line}')
-    out_file.write(f'\n\n -- Symless <engineering@symless.com>  {build_time}')
+          out_file.write('\n    - {}'.format(line))
+      line = in_file.readline()
+    out_file.write('\n\n -- Symless <engineering@symless.com>  {}\n'.format(build_time))
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index afc928db00..7a602af6a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Github Actions:
 - #7156 Change binary storage server
 - #7161 Use brew bundle to install dependencies
 - #7162 Add new distributions to CI
-- #7167 Use changelog when creating deb files
+- #7167 | #7168 Use changelog when creating deb files
 - #7169 Remove temporary directory when building debs
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