diff --git a/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/compat b/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82d..7f8f011eb 100644
--- a/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/control b/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/control
index fb6a5a2d4..b411183de 100644
--- a/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/control
+++ b/debian/lenny/dependencies/akode/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
 XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Isaac Clerencia <isaac@debian.org>, Christopher Martin <chrsmrtn@debian.org>, Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
-Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.39-0.1), debhelper (>= 5.0.31), quilt, cmake, gawk, libflac-dev (>= 1.1.1-3), libflac-dev, libmad0-dev, libogg-dev, libvorbis-dev, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate0-dev, libspeex-dev, libpulse-dev
+Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.39-0.1), debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), quilt, cmake, gawk, libflac-dev (>= 1.1.1-3), libflac-dev, libmad0-dev, libogg-dev, libvorbis-dev, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate0-dev, libspeex-dev, libpulse-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 
 Package: libakode2
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/compat b/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82d..7f8f011eb 100644
--- a/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/control b/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/control
index fb6a5a2d4..b411183de 100644
--- a/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/control
+++ b/debian/squeeze/dependencies/akode/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
 XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Isaac Clerencia <isaac@debian.org>, Christopher Martin <chrsmrtn@debian.org>, Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
-Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.39-0.1), debhelper (>= 5.0.31), quilt, cmake, gawk, libflac-dev (>= 1.1.1-3), libflac-dev, libmad0-dev, libogg-dev, libvorbis-dev, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate0-dev, libspeex-dev, libpulse-dev
+Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.39-0.1), debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), quilt, cmake, gawk, libflac-dev (>= 1.1.1-3), libflac-dev, libmad0-dev, libogg-dev, libvorbis-dev, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate0-dev, libspeex-dev, libpulse-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 
 Package: libakode2
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/compat b/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82d..7f8f011eb 100644
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+7
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/control b/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/control
index fb6a5a2d4..b411183de 100644
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/control
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/dependencies/akode/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net>
 XSBC-Original-Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
 Uploaders: Isaac Clerencia <isaac@debian.org>, Christopher Martin <chrsmrtn@debian.org>, Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
-Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.39-0.1), debhelper (>= 5.0.31), quilt, cmake, gawk, libflac-dev (>= 1.1.1-3), libflac-dev, libmad0-dev, libogg-dev, libvorbis-dev, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate0-dev, libspeex-dev, libpulse-dev
+Build-Depends: cdbs (>= 0.4.39-0.1), debhelper (>= 7.0.50~), quilt, cmake, gawk, libflac-dev (>= 1.1.1-3), libflac-dev, libmad0-dev, libogg-dev, libvorbis-dev, libasound2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], libsamplerate0-dev, libspeex-dev, libpulse-dev
 Standards-Version: 3.7.3
 
 Package: libakode2