diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28b8..000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1fd7237c4..dc849ca4b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: Debian Live <debian-live@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Raphaël Hertzog <raphael@offensive-security.com>,
  Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>,
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 10~),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  po4a,
  gettext,
 Standards-Version: 4.4.1