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 60ab8b6..8ddfbdd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: http-ece
 Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@debian.org>
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-python,
                flake8,
                python3-all,