diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6cc153d..5b96bb1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ compton-conf (0.15.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Run wrap-and-sort.
   * Update upstream's signing key.
   * Update copyright.
+  * debhelper -> debhelper-compat.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 28 Apr 2020 16:27:57 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 48082f7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-12
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4be4daa..2a2f73e 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 (>= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libconfig-dev,
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
                libqt5svg5-dev,