diff --git a/debuild/debian/compat b/debuild/debian/compat
index ec635144f60048986bc560c5576355344005e6e7..7f8f011eb73d6043d2e6db9d2c101195ae2801f2 100644
--- a/debuild/debian/compat
+++ b/debuild/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+7
diff --git a/debuild/debian/control b/debuild/debian/control
index 687e1d7b28e6bd73201ec8bb2559a9ebe24e8091..28c0e4b06507e44d3b418ef130ec6451adc05326 100644
--- a/debuild/debian/control
+++ b/debuild/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: purr-data
 Section: sound
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: Albert Graef <aggraef@gmail.com>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, bison, flex, libgtk2.0-dev, python-dev, dh-python | python-support, flite1-dev, ladspa-sdk, libasound2-dev, libjack-dev, libbluetooth-dev, libcairo2-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglew1.6-dev | libglew-dev, libgsl-dev | libgsl0-dev, libmagick++-dev, libavifile-0.7-dev, libdc1394-22-dev, libfftw3-dev, libfluidsynth-dev, libftgl-dev, libgmerlin-avdec-dev, libgsm1-dev, libjpeg-dev, libmp3lame-dev, libmpeg3-dev, libquicktime-dev, libraw1394-dev, libsmpeg-dev, libsndobj-dev, libspeex-dev, libstk0-dev, libtiff5-dev, libv4l-dev, libdv4-dev, libiec61883-dev, libxv-dev, libxxf86vm-dev, libunicap2-dev, libvorbis-dev, zlib1g-dev (>= 1:1.1.3), rsync, libgconf2-dev, libnss3-dev, libxtst-dev, libxss-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, bison, flex, libgtk2.0-dev, python-dev, dh-python | python-support, flite1-dev, ladspa-sdk, libasound2-dev, libjack-dev, libbluetooth-dev, libcairo2-dev, libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglew1.6-dev | libglew-dev, libgsl-dev | libgsl0-dev, libmagick++-dev, libavifile-0.7-dev, libdc1394-22-dev, libfftw3-dev, libfluidsynth-dev, libftgl-dev, libgmerlin-avdec-dev, libgsm1-dev, libjpeg-dev, libmp3lame-dev, libmpeg3-dev, libquicktime-dev, libraw1394-dev, libsmpeg-dev, libsndobj-dev, libspeex-dev, libstk0-dev, libtiff5-dev, libv4l-dev, libdv4-dev, libiec61883-dev, libxv-dev, libxxf86vm-dev, libunicap2-dev, libvorbis-dev, zlib1g-dev (>= 1:1.1.3), rsync, libgconf2-dev, libnss3-dev, libxtst-dev, libxss-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
 Homepage: https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data