diff --git a/debian-devel/compat b/debian-devel/compat
index 48082f72f..b4de39476 100644
--- a/debian-devel/compat
+++ b/debian-devel/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12
+11
diff --git a/debian-devel/control b/debian-devel/control
index a6cc3c91c..d078d35b7 100644
--- a/debian-devel/control
+++ b/debian-devel/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
 Build-Depends:
     asciidoctor (>= 1.5.4),
-    debhelper (>= 12),
+    debhelper (>= 11),
     cmake, pkg-config,
     libncursesw5-dev,
     gem2deb,
diff --git a/debian-stable/compat b/debian-stable/compat
index 48082f72f..b4de39476 100644
--- a/debian-stable/compat
+++ b/debian-stable/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-12
+11
diff --git a/debian-stable/control b/debian-stable/control
index 1b0a27009..7880ce7bd 100644
--- a/debian-stable/control
+++ b/debian-stable/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Emmanuel Bouthenot <kolter@debian.org>
 Build-Depends:
     asciidoctor (>= 1.5.4),
-    debhelper (>= 12),
+    debhelper (>= 11),
     cmake, pkg-config,
     libncursesw5-dev,
     gem2deb,