diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9b31a52f..ca3d3410 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 vectorscan (5.4.8-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Trim trailing whitespace.
+  * Bump debhelper from old 12 to 13.
+    + debian/rules: Drop --fail-missing argument to dh_missing, which is now the
+      default.
 
  -- Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>  Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:27:31 -0000
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f0fc6ea6..a64f8009 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: vectorscan
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org>
 Build-Depends: cmake,
-               debhelper-compat (= 12),
+               debhelper-compat (= 13),
                libboost-dev,
                libpcap-dev,
                pkg-config,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 98c419e7..731153e7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		-DBUILD_STATIC_AND_SHARED=1 \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
 		${DEB_CMAKE_FLAGS}
-
-override_dh_missing:
-	dh_missing --fail-missing