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 d46db01..ca83cf1 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: libxdgmime-perl
 Section: perl
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~), perl (>= 5.32)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), perl (>= 5.32)
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1