diff --git a/debian/.gitignore b/debian/.gitignore
index cc9960d..26d62ac 100644
--- a/debian/.gitignore
+++ b/debian/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ files
 *.log
 *.debhelper
 *.substvars
+debhelper-build-stamp
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a1a8642..81b8f55 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ commit-patch (2.6-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Use 'editor' instead of 'vi' when EDITOR and VISUAL are not set.
 
+  * Upgrade to debhelper 10
+
  -- David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>  Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:20:24 -0800
 
 commit-patch (2.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 45a4fb7..f599e28 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8
+10
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0114cce..04d27c5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: commit-patch
 Section: vcs
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0~), perl
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10.0.0~), perl
 Standards-Version: 4.3.0
 Homepage: http://porkrind.org/commit-patch/
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/caldwell/commit-patch.git -b debian