diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 00c522e..0732ff8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   [ Debian Janitor ]
   * debian/copyright: use spaces rather than tabs to start continuation lines.
   * Use secure URI in Homepage field.
+  * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
 
  --  <jguy@jguy-vm>  Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:18:41 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 64351d0..a5ec367 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
            Ondřej Surý <ondrej@debian.org>,
            Jason Guy <jason.e.guy@gmail.com>
 Build-Depends: bison,
-               debhelper-compat (= 11),
+               debhelper-compat (= 12),
                default-libmysqlclient-dev | libmysqlclient-dev,
                dh-python,
                docbook,