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 d352332..ded33a1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Emacsen team <debian-emacsen@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-elpa
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-elpa