diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c887471..fd4ef72 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   * New upstream release.
   * d/rules: don't build the doc, as there's none to build.
   * d/rules: clean and run upstream testsuite. (Closes: #976753)
+  * d/control: use dh-compat and upgrade to dh13.
 
  -- Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>  Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:13:44 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f512705..90e90d9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apoikos@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                default-jdk,
                javahelper,
                maven-repo-helper,