diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7fedb928d04a9a0ab359eca47405e7a3704b341a..18a50a6da323a25997f6f379bfbf270606b59a35 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 dkimpy-milter (1.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
+  * Update debhelper compat to 12
 
  -- Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>  Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:26:51 -0400
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f6c1decf7f295f13f650a4f216b54491c06fc370..774b77dbb3550fbd543854a08d84a8af9312f7ef 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: mail
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com>
 Uploaders: Python Applications Packaging Team <python-apps-team@lists.alioth.debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 11),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                dh-python,
                python3 (>= 3.3),
                python3-authres (>= 1.1),