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 40e37a5..1699abe 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: django-ratelimit
 Maintainer: Marco Bardelli <bardelli.marco@gmail.com>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), quilt, dh-python,
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), quilt, dh-python,
  python-all (>= 2.6.6-3~), python3-all,
  python-sphinx, python-setuptools, python3-setuptools,
  python-django, python3-django, python-memcache, python3-memcache,