diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bddbcbf..9562946 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ lxqt-sudo (0.15.0-0ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - Update upstream signing key.
     - Update LXQt build dependencies.
   * Update Standards-version to 4.5.0, no changes needed.
+  * Migrate to debhelper-compat.
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:43:45 -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 b30d6e4..94867dd 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 (>= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
                libkf5windowsystem-dev,
                liblxqt0-dev (>= 0.15.0),
                libqt5svg5-dev,