diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 63220d9..0f1a3a5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>,
  Saif Abdul Cassim <saif.15@cse.mrt.ac.lk>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12),
+ debhelper,
  gradle-debian-helper,
  default-jdk
 Build-Depends-Indep:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  libjs-jquery-ui,
  libxalan2-java,
  libxerces2-java,
- maven-repo-helper (>= 1.5)
+ maven-repo-helper
 Standards-Version: 4.3.0
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libjdom2-intellij-java.git
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/java-team/libjdom2-intellij-java