diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4d9c0c0e..3300f5a8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: libs
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>, Jeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                dh-sequence-gir,
                dh-sequence-gnome,
                gettext,