diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b4de394..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fea08c3..fa4aeec 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>
 Homepage: http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 11~),
+ debhelper (>= 12~),
  gnome-pkg-tools,
  gobject-introspection (>= 0.9.12-4~),
  gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.4),