diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0a4034d..257ed96 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Ludovic Rousseau <rousseau@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: autoconf-archive,
-	debhelper-compat (= 13),
+	debhelper-compat (= 12),
 	flex,
 	libsystemd-dev,
 	libudev-dev [linux-any],