diff --git a/deb/common/control b/deb/common/control
index 85aef5b234..17ffc4ecae 100644
--- a/deb/common/control
+++ b/deb/common/control
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: bash,
                ca-certificates,
                cmake,
                dh-apparmor,
-               debhelper-compat (= 12),
+               debhelper-compat (= 11),
                gcc,
                git,
                libbtrfs-dev | btrfs-tools,