diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 174da67..8104dcf 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ lxqt-policykit (0.14.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
   * Bump Standards-version to 4.3.0, no changes needed.
+  * Bump debhelper compat to 12, no changes needed.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:29:26 -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 ec454f0..0ad163a 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Uploaders: Alf Gaida <agaida@siduction.org>,
            Yukiharu YABUKI <yyabuki@debian.org>
 Section: x11
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
                liblxqt0-dev (>= 0.13.0),
                libpolkit-agent-1-dev,