diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b4de39476..48082f72f 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 671cc803c..9c3c782f3 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Uploaders:
  Federico Ceratto <federico@debian.org>,
  James Valleroy <jvalleroy@mailbox.org>,
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 11~),
+ debhelper (>= 12~),
  dblatex,
  dh-python,
  docbook-utils,