diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b9661c3be0..ecadacb019 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Section: graphics
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Iain Lane <laney@debian.org>, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@debian.org>, Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                desktop-file-utils <!nocheck>,
                dh-sequence-gnome,
                gegl (>= 0.4.24),
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 2bd7e06351..e7e41601c7 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Section: graphics
 Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
 Uploaders: @GNOME_TEAM@, Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
+Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13),
                desktop-file-utils <!nocheck>,
                dh-sequence-gnome,
                gegl (>= 0.4.24),