diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28b..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c2758e2a..eadc51b9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Homepage: https://www.sipwise.com/
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Build-Depends:
  asciidoc,
- debhelper (>= 10),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  docbook-xsl,
  git,
  libcapture-tiny-perl,