diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7f8f011..ec63514 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f30242d..8a46ab8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: cristian paul peñaranda rojas <kristian.paul@gmail.com>
 Uploaders: Rolf Leggewie <foss@rolf.leggewie.biz>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.3
 Homepage: http://www.ntop.org/products/n2n/
 Vcs-git: git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/n2n.git