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 6edd4b6..b0e8878 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 # postgresql is disabled on hurd-i386 in order to remove
 # postgres support which will not build on hurd-i386
 # see: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=820743
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+               debhelper (>= 11~),
                dh-elpa,
 	       python,
                perl,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/pspp
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/pspp.git
 Homepage: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/pspp
+Rules-Requires-Root: no
 
 Package: pspp
 Architecture: any