diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8cb9a65c3caba5ee1761c8bceecc8d8653919721..2f8374d0af2f0d12cdd09eb0cf7fdde7d66d546b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: urepo
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: ale <ale@incal.net>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 #Vcs-Git: git://git.debian.org/collab-maint/urepo.git
 #Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/urepo.git;a=summary