diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 77f7d2d..43d605e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:38:22 -0000
 
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 0265b55..3fc797e 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Uploaders: ShuxiongYe <yeshuxiong@gmail.com>, Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: ant,
                ant-optional,
-               debhelper (>= 11),
+               debhelper-compat (= 11),
                default-jdk (>= 2:1.8),
                docbook-xsl (>= 1.76),
                help2man,