diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 990d5cc..c65a5bf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Description: MATE authentication agent for PolicyKit-1 (executable wrapper scrip
 
 Package: mate-polkit
 Architecture: any
+Breaks: mate-polkit-common (>= 1.26.1-1~),
+Replaces: mate-polkit-common (>= 1.26.1-1~),
 Depends: accountsservice,
          mate-polkit-common (>= ${source:Version}),
          policykit-1,