diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb7..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 719dcdc..4306fe5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Kali Developers <devel@kali.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12~)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: https://nmap.org/ncat/
 Vcs-Git: https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/ncat-w32.git