diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ea674a6..440fbf1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 13.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Tue, 12 May 2026 15:34:10 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b1bd38b..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 3dbd971..86a594a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Frédéric Bonnard <frediz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 13~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  default-jdk,
  libjson4s-java,
  maven-repo-helper,