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 6c2b56e..89c5e86 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: django-ckeditor
 Section: python
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper,
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-python,
                python-all,
                python-django,