diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index b4de3947675361a7770d29b8982c407b0ec6b2a0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 257749f769ffda93677065ef92ace70ad7ff476b..d1f34af03541330694641839f60a2d3b01d2c9d9 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders:
  Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
  checkstyle,
- debhelper (>= 11),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  default-jdk,
  javahelper,
  libanimal-sniffer-java,