diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bee8ea1..404432d 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   [ Debian Janitor ]
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
   * Use secure copyright file specification URI.
+  * Bump debhelper from deprecated 9 to 12.
 
  -- Utkarsh Gupta <guptautkarsh2102@gmail.com>  Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:18:04 +0530
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec63514..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 2a0ba3b..6ec7445 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 (>= 9~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
                gem2deb,
                rake,
                ruby-omniauth-oauth (>= 1.1),