diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 89f6ef7..1411afe 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   * Update Vcs-* headers from URL redirect.
   * Use canonical URL in Vcs-Git.
   * Update watch file format version to 4.
+  * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
 
  -- Utkarsh Gupta <guptautkarsh2102@gmail.com>  Tue, 13 Aug 2019 05:05:01 +0530
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0fcfc7d..6cf203b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team <pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                gem2deb,
                rake,
                ruby-fission,