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 d348d97..ba44bdc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: python-authentic2-gnm
 Maintainer: Frédéric Péters <fpeters@entrouvert.com>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), dh-python
+Build-Depends: python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-python
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 
 Package: python3-authentic2-gnm