diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 47dc3811..5f4af16a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+debian-cd (3.1.30) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Steve McIntyre ]
+  * tools/update_popcon: cope with lower-case HTTP headers too; Debian
+    just enabled http2 so this broke
+
+ -- Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org>  Sat, 01 Aug 2020 12:43:04 +0100
+
 debian-cd (3.1.29) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
diff --git a/tools/update_popcon b/tools/update_popcon
index 01685e27..e7681f6e 100755
--- a/tools/update_popcon
+++ b/tools/update_popcon
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dl_file () {
         exit 1
     fi
     HEAD_SIZE=`cat $TDIR/$DIST.head | \
-               awk '/^Content-Length/ {gsub("\r","");print $2}'`
+               awk '/^.ontent-.ength/ {gsub("\r","");print $2}'`
 
     curl -L $capath -s $SITE/$DIST/by_inst > $TDIR/$DIST
     error=$?
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ dl_file () {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    if [ $DL_SIZE != $HEAD_SIZE ] ; then
+    if [ "$DL_SIZE"x != "$HEAD_SIZE"x ] ; then
         echo "Failed to download correctly: expected $HEAD_SIZE bytes, but got $DL_SIZE bytes" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    LASTMOD=`awk '/^Last-Modified:/ {
+    LASTMOD=`awk '/^.ast-.odified:/ {
                  gsub("\r","")
-                 gsub("^Last-Modified: ","")
+                 gsub("^.ast-.odified: ","")
                  print $0}' $TDIR/$DIST.head`
     echo "$LASTMOD"
 }