diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b4de394..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ebf4194..e615f62 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: Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
                dh-golang,
                golang-any,
 	       libqrencode-dev