diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2374680..308093f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>
 Uploaders: Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
 Standards-Version: 4.1.4
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/openttd-team/catcodec
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/openttd-team/catcodec.git