diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec635144f..b4de39476 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index cebb32329..8ea134856 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libgit2
 Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Russell Sim <russell.sim@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160114),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
                python-minimal (>= 2.4.0), pkg-config,
                cmake, libz-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev,
                libssh2-1-dev, libhttp-parser-dev, libkrb5-dev