diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4e4cd2c..102c7ee 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: combo-plugin-gnm
 Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@entrouvert.com>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), dh-python, python3-all, python3-setuptools, python3-django, python3-dateutil
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-python, python3-all, python3-setuptools, python3-django, python3-dateutil
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 
 Package: python3-combo-plugin-gnm