diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75db..ec635144f6 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 08cc9badca..adac95a2a2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: rust
 Section: devel
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Luca Bruno <lucab@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                curl,
                python
 #              rust (>= 0.6), rust (< 0.7~)