diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 321d9de..0a5d699 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers <pkg-javascript-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
  , pkg-js-tools (>= 0.9.20~)
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-spdx-exceptions