diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 61c67e4..0aaea69 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: spiceterm
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libglib2.0-dev,
                libspice-protocol-dev,
                libspice-server-dev,