diff --git a/software/debian/deb_folder/changelog b/software/debian/deb_folder/changelog
index 3a4456cb..68bd8820 100644
--- a/software/debian/deb_folder/changelog
+++ b/software/debian/deb_folder/changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-software (1.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+software (1.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Initial release.
 
diff --git a/software/debian/deb_folder/control b/software/debian/deb_folder/control
index 579a0c16..f5252a75 100644
--- a/software/debian/deb_folder/control
+++ b/software/debian/deb_folder/control
@@ -16,5 +16,16 @@ Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: software
 Architecture: all
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Description: StarlingX unified software deployment and management
  StarlingX unified software deployment and management.
+
+
+Package: software-wheel
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-wheel
+Description: StarlingX unified software deployment and management
+ StarlingX unified software deployment and management.
+ .
+ This is the support package for the PEP 427 wheel version of the package,
+ required for using pip inside a virtual environment.
diff --git a/software/debian/meta_data.yaml b/software/debian/meta_data.yaml
index 9ecbcd35..29aa78d0 100644
--- a/software/debian/meta_data.yaml
+++ b/software/debian/meta_data.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 debname: software
-debver: 1.0.1
+debver: 1.0-1
 src_path: .
 revision:
   dist: $STX_DIST