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 dcfd10dccba969c104d1f0ebc49f540cd4478e4d..8937ffa6c62ea268a19d3f27f7f059495cc085b7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: ruby
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers <pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Balint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), gem2deb, ruby-shoulda, ruby-test-unit
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9~), gem2deb, ruby-shoulda, ruby-test-unit
 Standards-Version: 3.9.6
 Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-bert.git
 Vcs-Browser: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-bert.git;a=summary