diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 582b043e0..ec3f1161c 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-compat (= 12),
+ debhelper-compat (= 13),
  dblatex,
  dh-python,
  docbook-xsl,