diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f16cd6e..3092d48 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: net
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: ProFTPD Maintainance Team <pkg-proftpd-maintainers@alioth-lists.debian.net>
 Uploaders: Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20160114), proftpd-dev (>= 1.3.3~)
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20120909), proftpd-dev (>= 1.3.3~)
 Standards-Version: 4.1.4
 Homepage: http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_proxy_protocol.html
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-proftpd-team/proftpd-mod-proxy-protocol