diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 657469d..c12dbc4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: pdfrw
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 Build-Depends-Indep: python-setuptools, dh-python
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: https://github.com/pmaupin/pdfrw