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 966be15..e050834 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: python-ldaptools
 Section: python
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Benjamin Dauvergne <bdauvergne@entrouvert.com>
-Build-Depends: python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper (>= 9), dh-python
+Build-Depends: python3-setuptools, python3-all, debhelper-compat (= 12), dh-python
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Homepage: http://dev.entrouvert.org/projects/ldaptools/