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 0e81de6..7172583 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: stlink
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cmake (>= 3.4.2), libusb-1.0-0-dev, libgtk-3-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), cmake (>= 3.4.2), libusb-1.0-0-dev, libgtk-3-dev
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Section: electronics