diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb75..ec635144 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 50967142..add1060f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: i2pd
 Section: net
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: hagen <hagen@i2pmail.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0), dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.0.0), dpkg-dev (>= 1.16.1~),
  gcc (>= 4.6) | clang (>= 3.3),
  libboost-regex-dev,
  libboost-system-dev (>= 1.46),