diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec63514..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e83299a..e20f2a1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team <pkg-go-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Alexandre Viau <aviau@debian.org>, Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-golang,
                golang-go
 Standards-Version: 3.9.8