diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 092f4a8..4156077 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Section: perl
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Build-Depends-Indep: libdata-util-perl,
                      libsoap-lite-perl,
                      liburi-perl,