diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b58ceb3..9e6ede2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  dctrl-tools,
 # maybe too strict, but the buster dwz failed:
  dwz (>= 0.13-5),