diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 135ae1d..c0fc884 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ libfm-qt (0.14.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
     - Remove reverse-applicable patches.
   * 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 22:54:43 -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 363c6a6..c6ec0a7 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ XSBC-Original-Maintainer: LXQt Packaging Team <pkg-lxqt-devel@lists.alioth.debia
 Uploaders: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>
 Section: x11
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
                libexif-dev,
                libfm-dev (>= 1.2.0),
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,