diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c5139e3..2973eb7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Uploaders:
  Iñaki Malerba <inaki@malerba.space>,
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 11),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dh-python,
  python-all,
  python-setuptools,