diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5dfde4f..ec7f584 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Use secure URI in Homepage field.
   * Bump debhelper from old 11 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:00:26 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a0d77be..99bbd55 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>,
  Jakub Adam <jakub.adam@ktknet.cz>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  default-jdk,
  junit4,
  libbuild-helper-maven-plugin-java,