diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0f0fca8..640d6ce 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
   [ Axel Beckert ]
   * Move checkrestart man page from section 1 to 8. Thanks lintian!
+  * Bump debhelper compatibility level to 12.
+    + Build-depend on "debhelper-compat (= 12)" to replace debian/compat.
 
  -- Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>  Sat, 18 Apr 2020 23:54:38 +0200
 
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 f8c6abe..7051b45 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: bash-completion,
-               debhelper (>= 11~),
+               debhelper-compat (= 12),
                help2man
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-goodies.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-goodies