diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e3d08707fb713067da10f0808ac6b889c7d4d624..00dd169571a52b71858fcb9f01060c5bfd4f6b28 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ruby-bert (1.1.6-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Update watch file format version to 4.
   * Set upstream metadata fields: Repository.
   * Update standards version to 4.5.1, no changes needed.
+  * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:22:29 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 9e1fee87dbbd2f1a712761c05eb4270f14a34e5a..8736b9a98ebc8bcbcd037abd075b39ae74559402 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: ruby
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team <pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                gem2deb,
                ruby-shoulda,
                ruby-test-unit