diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b34fa5f..52a76f9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+bsdgames (2.13-10) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Updated to debhelper v4.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat,  1 Jun 2002 22:26:40 -0400
+
 bsdgames (2.13-9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Moved wtf acronym list into /usr/share/games. Closes: #144804
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8626c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 5ed9e9e..906a180 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 Source: bsdgames
 Section: games
 Priority: optional
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 3), libncurses5-dev, flex, bison, wenglish, wbritish
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4), libncurses5-dev, flex, bison, wenglish, wbritish, dpkg-dev (>= 1.9.0)
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.5.6.1
 
 Package: bsdgames
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, wenglish | wordlist
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, wenglish | wordlist
 Conflicts: bsdgames-nonfree (<< 2.5), suidmanager (<< 0.50)
 Replaces: bsdgames-nonfree (<< 2.5)
-Suggests: wenglish
 Description: collection of text games from BSD systems
  This is a collection of some of the text-based games and amusements that have
  been enjoyed for decades on unix systems.
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ca23fe5..a23c438 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-# Sample debian/rules that uses debhelper. GNU copyright 1997 by Joey Hess.
-
-# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
-#export DH_VERBOSE=1
-
-# This is the debhelper compatibility version to use.
-export DH_COMPAT=3
 
 build: build-stamp
 build-stamp:
@@ -27,11 +20,8 @@ clean:
 	dh_clean temp-dictionary
 	-$(MAKE) -i distclean
 
-# Build architecture-independent files here.
 binary-indep: build
-# We have nothing to do by default.
 
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
 binary-arch: build
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot