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 6affc59..4b2b9d0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: zutils
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8), lzip, texinfo
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), lzip, texinfo
 Standards-Version: 3.9.2
 Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html