diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec63514..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e12d8f9..e04a74b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Maintainer: Chris Boot <bootc@debian.org>
 Uploaders: tony mancill <tmancill@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 9~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  libasound2-dev,
  libavformat-dev,
  libfaad-dev,