diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fee6a24..266217c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Uploaders: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
 Section: java
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10)
+Build-Depends: debhelper
 Build-Depends-Indep: ant,
                      default-jdk,
                      libjgraph-java,