diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 328a4b6..2a27998 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 golang-github-influxdata-tdigest (0.0~git20180711.a7d76c6-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:59:25 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 746d982..5781fca 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <team+pkg-go@tracker.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Alexandre Viau <aviau@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-golang,
                golang-any,
                golang-github-google-go-cmp-dev