diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b9bb0e1..fde3c35 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ lxqt-qtplugin (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 00:41:19 -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 256483f..a056d2c 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),
                libdbusmenu-qt5-dev,
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
                libqt5svg5-dev,