diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28b8a..0000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2345984179..eabcceed6e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Sipwise Development Team <support@sipwise.com>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 10),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  libmodule-build-perl,
  libngcp-schema-perl,
  libtrycatch-perl,