diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75d..ec635144f 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 084f05e22..4c006bf9b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libgit2
 Section: libs
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Russell Sim <russell.sim@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), python-all (>= 2.4.0), cmake, libz-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20120417), python-all (>= 2.4.0), cmake, libz-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://libgit2.github.com/
 #Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/collab-maint/libgit2.git