diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index f599e28..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 8634c9c..31dbe7f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Section: utils
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Kali Developers <devel@kali.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Standards-Version: 4.4.1
 Homepage: http://jd.benow.ca/
 Vcs-Git: https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/jd-gui.git