diff --git a/deb/kubelet/debian/control b/deb/kubelet/debian/control
index 01907427b1..9e95842437 100644
--- a/deb/kubelet/debian/control
+++ b/deb/kubelet/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Source: kubelet
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Kubernetes Authors <kubernetes-dev+release@googlegroups.com>
-Build-Depends: ca-certificates, debhelper (>= 8.0.0), dh-systemd (>= 1.5)
+Build-Depends: ca-certificates, debhelper (>= 9.20160709)
 Standards-Version: 3.9.4
 Homepage: https://kubernetes.io
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.git