diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 655a0fbbd4a597c54bcd05e5ce18d14be166ed3a..eabeed9197a8fcd459aaf0bccbc285e1981c33c4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ libj2ssh-java (0.2.9-6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Team upload.
   * Build-Depends: s/default-jdk/default-jdk-headless/
   * Standards-Version: 4.7.0 (routine-update)
+  * debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
 
  -- Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>  Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:35:24 +0100
 
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 cba3fb0be6b4eba73194aa893ee28a81c58b47b0..5261d19fa3fce04ae975129ac8d8b9c159e314ad 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Uploaders:
  Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>
 Build-Depends:
  ant,
- debhelper (>= 10),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  default-jdk-headless,
  javahelper,
  libcommons-logging-java,