diff --git a/debian/version.go b/debian/version.go
index c015c59c..2a580995 100644
--- a/debian/version.go
+++ b/debian/version.go
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ func ParseDependencyVariants(variants string) (l []Dependency, err error) {
 
 // ParseDependency parses dependency in format "pkg (>= 1.35) [arch]" into parts
 func ParseDependency(dep string) (d Dependency, err error) {
-	if strings.HasSuffix(dep, "]") {
-		i := strings.LastIndex(dep, "[")
+	if strings.HasSuffix(dep, "}") {
+		i := strings.LastIndex(dep, "{")
 		if i == -1 {
 			err = fmt.Errorf("unable to parse dependency: %s", dep)
 			return
diff --git a/debian/version_test.go b/debian/version_test.go
index 646f751d..6b2e760e 100644
--- a/debian/version_test.go
+++ b/debian/version_test.go
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependency(c *C) {
 	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreater)
 	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 
-	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg (>>1.6) [i386]")
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg (>>1.6) {i386}")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
 	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
 	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionGreater)
 	c.Check(d.Version, Equals, "1.6")
 	c.Check(d.Architecture, Equals, "i386")
 
-	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg[i386]")
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg{i386}")
 	c.Check(e, IsNil)
 	c.Check(d.Pkg, Equals, "dpkg")
 	c.Check(d.Relation, Equals, VersionDontCare)
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ func (s *VersionSuite) TestParseDependency(c *C) {
 	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg==1.6)")
 	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
 
-	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg i386]")
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg i386}")
 	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
 
-	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg ) [i386]")
+	d, e = ParseDependency("dpkg ) {i386}")
 	c.Check(e, ErrorMatches, "unable to parse.*")
 }