diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6fc125fe1aff0b79a5f68a664682cfbaeb12b370..a3182b2ebf9eb2fcf789516ef1ae6295cb16026b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ javahelp2 (2.0.05.ds1-7) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * debian/control:
     - Removed the unused build dependency on libtomcat6-java
     - Standards-Version updated to 3.9.5 (no changes)
+  * Switch to debhelper level 9
 
  -- Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:20:38 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011eb73d6043d2e6db9d2c101195ae2801f2..ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 842d25283b75b488a6fbf2a54fb7b99bded9fd92..a77f923c47518e74434a4e6d609a4fc86c837b98 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: java
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Marek Slama <marek.slama@sun.com>, Varun Hiremath <varun@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 7), maven-repo-helper
+Build-Depends: cdbs, debhelper (>= 9), maven-repo-helper
 Build-Depends-Indep: ant-optional, default-jdk, libservlet2.5-java, imagemagick
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: http://javahelp.dev.java.net