diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b1bd38b..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-13
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 72f563d..6691687 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Uploaders: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
 Section: java
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 13~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
 Build-Depends-Indep: ant,
                      default-jdk,
                      libjgraph-java,