diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0438ef9..f34e98c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ python-pyvmomi (5.5.0-2014.1.1-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * d/rules: Changed UPSTREAM_GIT protocol to https
   * d/s/options: extend-diff-ignore of .gitreview
   * d/control: Using OpenStack's Gerrit as VCS URLs.
+  * Bumped debhelper compat version to 10
 
  -- Ondřej Nový <novy@ondrej.org>  Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:48:02 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index ec63514..f599e28 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index f913567..c513192 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Uploaders: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>,
            Thomas Goirand <zigo@debian.org>,
            Mehdi Abaakouk <sileht@sileht.net>,
            Joshua Kwan <joshk@triplehelix.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),
                dh-python,
                python-all (>= 2.6.6-3),
                python-requests,