diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f87885d..c7093f4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libslf4j-java (1.7.5-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Switch to debhelper level 9
+
+ -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:06:41 +0100
+
 libslf4j-java (1.7.5-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/rules: Added ant-junit4 to the classpath to fix test failures
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8502126..9a9fc86 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Build-Depends: ant,
                ant-optional,
                cdbs,
-               debhelper (>= 7),
+               debhelper (>= 9),
                default-jdk,
                junit4,
                libcommons-logging-java,