diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 860e41c..fd4bd95 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Maintainer: Debian Erlang Packagers <pkg-erlang-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Philipp Huebner <debalance@debian.org>
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), erlang
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), erlang
 Standards-Version: 4.6.0
 Rules-Requires-Root: no
 Homepage: http://www.rebar3.org/