diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b054009..6aa7d32 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
     - Remove /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/patchsys-quilt.mk from debian/rules.
   * Switch from cdbs to dh
     - Drop Build-Depends on cdbs.
-    - Bump Build-Depends on debhelper to (>= 7.2.7) for override targets and
+    - Bump Build-Depends on debhelper for override targets and
       the --remaining-packages option.
     - Convert debian/rules to use dh.
   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1. No further changes.
   * Use dpkg-vendor instead of lsb_release.
+  * Bump debhelper compatibility level to 8 and update build dependency
+    accordingly.
 
  -- Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:52:18 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011..45a4fb7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b9293eb..ee85493 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team <pkg-utopia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>, Martin Pitt <mpitt@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.2.7),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8),
  autotools-dev,
  pkg-config,
  libudev-dev