diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5bfecbf..47b5af5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ compton-conf (0.14.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
   * Lubuntify the package.
   * Bump Standards-version to 4.3.0, no changes needed.
+  * Bump debhelper compat to 12, no changes needed.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:42:11 -0600
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b4de394..48082f7 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-11
+12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fdac4e7..554a30d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Alf Gaida <agaida@siduction.org>,
            Andrew Lee (李健秋) <ajqlee@debian.org>
 Section: x11
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
                libconfig-dev,
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
                libqt5svg5-dev,