diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index ec635144..00000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5c4f7ae9..67d86264 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: osmo-gbproxy
 Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Osmocom team <openbsc@lists.osmocom.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>=9),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 10),
                dh-autoreconf,
                autotools-dev,
                autoconf,