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 263a125..03b68bb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: libpve-guest-common-perl
 Section: perl
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libpve-cluster-perl,
                libpve-common-perl,
                libpve-storage-perl (>= 7.2-6),