diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 02c3be3..c4d0689 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Homepage: https://github.com/mika/jenkins-debian-glue
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/mika/jenkins-debian-glue.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/mika/jenkins-debian-glue
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  shunit2,
 
 Package: jenkins-debian-glue