diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f72..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7c49cd1a..5c562fca 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: qemu-server
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libglib2.0-dev,
                libio-multiplex-perl,
                libjson-c-dev,