diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de394..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 083ca9b..7f9784f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Uploaders:
  Bernhard Miklautz <bernhard.miklautz@shacknet.at>,
 Build-Depends:
  cmake,
- debhelper (>= 11~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  docbook-xsl,
  dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1.1),
  libasound2-dev,