diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 403ac53..2fbbf6b 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: asciidoc-base,
                bc,
                bison,
                cpio,
-               debhelper (>= 10~),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-python,
                dwarves,
                file,