diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75db864..ec635144f6004 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7307df209f4fc..68de4b9d9c4dc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends: btrfs-tools,
                cpio,
 	       cryptsetup-bin | cryptsetup,
                cython,
-               debhelper (>= 8),
+               debhelper (>= 9),
                dh-python,
 	       dh-systemd,
                default-jdk,