diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cbae5fd..be893dd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
   [ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
   * Update Vcs-* headers for switch to salsa.debian.org
+
+  [ Debian Janitor ]
+  * Bump debhelper from old 9 to 12.
 
  -- Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>  Sat, 30 Jan 2016 20:06:15 +0100
 
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 5e4c1fa..245d1e9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Section: perl
 Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20140227~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
                libmodule-build-tiny-perl
 Build-Depends-Indep: libnet-ssleay-perl,
                      libpoe-perl,