diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b4de394..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e7e7a0c..e7a0113 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Build-Depends:
  devscripts,
  perl,
- debhelper (>= 11),
+ debhelper (>= 12~),
  dh-buildinfo,
  liblog-dispatch-perl,
  libmessage-passing-perl,
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 6c73005..842be9f 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: liblog-dispatch-message-passing-perl
 Section: perl
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: @cdbs@
+Build-Depends: @cdbs@, debhelper (>= 12~)
 Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4