diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb7..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0d80f04..c6c16dd 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: pdlzip
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/pdlzip.html