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 e1ce81e..0d67459 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Uploaders: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>,
Section: perl
Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl
Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
# libtest-poe-client-tcp-perl should be >= 1.24 once this version is uploaded
# but 1.22-2~ also contains the ipv6 fix
Build-Depends-Indep: perl,