diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec63514..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 053bc28..8ec0ff2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: wcs-au-quotidien
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@entrouvert.com>
-Build-Depends: python3-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), python3-all, dh-python, debhelper (>= 9)
+Build-Depends: python3-setuptools (>= 0.6b3), python3-all, dh-python, debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Build-Depends-Indep: gettext, python3-django
 Standards-Version: 3.8.0.1