diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fcf12d4..44b7dc3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ lxqt-notificationd (0.15.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * New upstream release.
     - Update upstream signing key.
   * Update Standards-version to 4.5.0, no changes needed.
+  * Migrate to using debhelper-compat.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:07:12 -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 a58448e..5197039 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),
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
                liblxqt0-dev (>= 0.14.0~),
                libqt5svg5-dev,