diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c1c66a6..b7a75b2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cdi-api (1.2-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Standards-Version updated to 4.5.1
+  * Switch to debhelper level 13
 
  -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:13:05 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bc961c2..2c70a06 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Damien Raude-Morvan <drazzib@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                default-jdk,
                javahelper,
                maven-debian-helper,