diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82de6bcc2a78243fc9c54d3ef5ac14da69..f599e28b8ab0d8c9c57a486c89c4a5132dcbd3b2 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index fee493bfde81dfda78b3e80d9c5c95892612a63c..56c0b323391b2b329cc4ccc2d5da55e92d2e29a8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Debian backupninja maintainers <pkg-backupninja@lists.riseup.net>
 Uploaders: Micah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>, intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
+ debhelper (>= 10),
  dh-autoreconf
 Build-Conflicts: autoconf2.13
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4