diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e3e9569e96e817bf1de7c2894f3ae80366ad8f39..a4dcb43b6ac6658d3c8e3af41ea826d4087c5dcc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ java-jmx-clojure (0.3.4-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Build-Depends: s/default-jdk/default-jdk-headless/
   * d/rules: check DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS against nocheck
   * Standards-Version: 4.7.0 (routine-update)
+  * debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
 
  -- Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org>  Sat, 08 Jan 2022 18:33:09 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28b8ab0d8c9c57a486c89c4a5132dcbd3b2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7edc29dde53922eab47be488e2d8c11a084181cb..f50adb782ad23d873392ea86ec748922ee2c9aa2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Clojure Maintainers <team+clojure@tracker.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apoikos@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: clojure (>= 1.8),
-               debhelper (>= 10),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                default-jdk-headless,
                javahelper (>= 0.32),
                libtext-markdown-perl | markdown,