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 3d31ecc..078df87 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Section: perl
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libjson-xs-perl <!nocheck> | libjson-pp-perl <!nocheck> | libcpanel-json-xs-perl <!nocheck>,
                perl
 Standards-Version: 4.4.0