diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0db684d..91385c0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * New upstream release.
   * Use secure d/copyright format link.
+  * Bump compat level to 11.
 
  -- Sascha Steinbiss <satta@debian.org>  Mon, 07 May 2018 15:18:43 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec63514..b4de394 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9b63c90..6a30183 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Section: science
 Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Sascha Steinbiss <satta@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), hmmer (>= 3.1), lua5.1, bedtools
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11), hmmer (>= 3.1), lua5.1, bedtools
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Homepage: http://www.vicbioinformatics.com/software.barrnap.shtml
 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/barrnap.git