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 3e4b3b9..10354c0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: perl
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
 Build-Depends: asciidoc-dblatex,
-               debhelper (>= 12~),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                git,
                libjson-perl,
                imagemagick,