diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec63514..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9dbbf1d..2955346 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: ps-watcher
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Build-Depends-Indep: autotools-dev, libconfig-inifiles-perl
 Homepage: http://ps-watcher.sourceforge.net/
 Vcs-Browser: https://gitlab.uncompleted.org/debian/ps-watcher