diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e3fe083d..59ff8d89 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ gnome-shell-extensions (3.16.2-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   [ Michael Biebl ]
   * New upstream release.
   * Update Homepage.
+  * Bump debhelper compatibility level to 9.
 
  -- Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:39:33 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75..ec635144 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 657f0a5b..d9f5144c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Section: gnome
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Victor Seva <linuxmaniac@torreviejawireless.org>, Andreas Henriksson <andreas@fatal.se>, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>, Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>, Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                cdbs,
                dh-autoreconf,
                gnome-common,
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 472d618d..1dfa5793 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: gnome
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Victor Seva <linuxmaniac@torreviejawireless.org>, @GNOME_TEAM@
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                cdbs,
                dh-autoreconf,
                gnome-common,