diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 053f439..8d70f11 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pcsc-lite (1.9.8-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/pcscd.init: use "grep -E" instead of deprecated "egrep"
+   Closes: #1019322
+
+ -- Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>  Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:43:40 +0200
+
 pcsc-lite (1.9.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * new upstream release
diff --git a/debian/pcscd.init b/debian/pcscd.init
index b9b8f32..58ff62a 100644
--- a/debian/pcscd.init
+++ b/debian/pcscd.init
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ENV_FILE="none"
 [ -r /etc/environment ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/environment"
 [ -r /etc/default/locale ] && ENV_FILE="/etc/default/locale"
 
-value=$(egrep "^[^#]*LANG=" $ENV_FILE | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2)
+value=$(grep -E "^[^#]*LANG=" $ENV_FILE | tail -n1 | cut -d= -f2)
 eval LANG=$value
 
 #