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 1c15851..ffbebbd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: skyfield-data
 Section: python
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Frederic Peters <fpeters@entrouvert.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper,
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                python3-all,
                python3-setuptools
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5