diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75d..ec635144f 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 45be52707..957524c31 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 (>= 8)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 Build-Depends-Indep: gettext
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: http://live.debian.net/devel/live-build/