diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
deleted file mode 100644
index 45a4fb7..0000000
--- a/debian/compat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index e52ec08..b45ebd2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: unix-privesc-check
 Section: utils
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Kali Developers <devel@kali.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://pentestmonkey.net/tools/audit/unix-privesc-check
 Vcs-Git: https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/packages/unix-privesc-check.git