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 fc7aa39..49c9063 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: dns-flood-detector
 Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), libpcap0.8-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), libpcap0.8-dev
 Homepage: http://www.adotout.com/
 Vcs-Browser: https://gitlab.uncompleted.org/debian/dns-flood-detector
 Vcs-Git: https://gitlab.uncompleted.org/debian/dns-flood-detector.git