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 b5788f5..5a4572d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
 Build-Depends: cargo:native,
                cbindgen,
-               debhelper (>= 12),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                git,
                librust-anyhow-1+default-dev,
                librust-base64-0.13+default-dev,