diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 45a4fb7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9e75f11..8c6b3fd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: ca-certificates-entrouvert
 Section: misc
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Thomas NOEL <tnoel@entrouvert.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 
 Package: ca-certificates-entrouvert