diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 275c559..df0bc2c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 12.8~),
- debhelper-compat (= 12),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  help2man,
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0