1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 412a9e1d4c..86f5a66d02 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Synapse Packaging team <packages@matrix.org>
 # keep this list in sync with the build dependencies in docker/Dockerfile-dhvirtualenv.
 Build-Depends:
- debhelper (>= 10),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dh-virtualenv (>= 1.1),
  libsystemd-dev,
  libpq-dev,