diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d5b3787..9f0d43c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libatasmart (0.19-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
+
+ -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Mon, 13 Jan 2020 10:44:53 +0000
+
 libatasmart (0.19-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update Vcs-* for the switch to salsa.debian.org
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c84544b..e55b6b8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 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 (>= 11),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11),
                libudev-dev,
                pkg-config,
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3