diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011eb..45a4fb75d 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fae32f93a..0d191b203 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Live Project <debian-live@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8)
 Build-Depends-Indep: gettext
 Standards-Version: 3.9.1
 Homepage: http://live.debian.net/devel/live-build/