diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 60af88c..2349d97 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 13.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:16:55 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b1bd38b..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 77d8b9c..95f774b 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 (>= 13~),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                default-jdk (>= 2:1.8),
                docbook-xsl (>= 1.76),
                help2man,