diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7441774..0b077ee 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
   * Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 12.
+  * Set debhelper-compat version in Build-Depends.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Tue, 20 Jul 2021 08:55:12 -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 1929506..639ad81 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Julian Wollrath <jwollrath@web.de>
 Uploaders: Enrico Tassi <gareuselesinge@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-lua (>= 16),
                lua-discount,
                lua-filesystem,