diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec63514..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 516e571..b515ed2 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 (>= 9),
+ debhelper (>= 12),
  gradle-debian-helper,
  default-jdk
 Build-Depends-Indep: