diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 55e38b6..53a24c2 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/freeipa-team/freeipa
 Homepage: http://www.freeipa.org
 Build-Depends:
  check,
- debhelper-compat (= 13),
+ debhelper-compat (= 12),
  dh-python,
  gettext,
  krb5-user,