diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 914ef37..a7a802b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers <pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~),
                gem2deb,
                rake,
                ruby-fission,