diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dcd1fb4..df281b9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/frei0r
 Homepage: http://frei0r.dyne.org/
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper-compat (= 11),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dh-buildinfo,
  pkg-config,
  libgavl-dev,