diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index b8626c4..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a893bf5..84e93f0 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>
 Uploaders: Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org>, Stephen R. Marenka <smarenka@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.1.16), docbook-to-man, gcc, e2fslibs-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), docbook-to-man, gcc, e2fslibs-dev
 Build-Depends-Indep: gcc-4.6-m68k-linux-gnu [!m68k]
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2