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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ list of available polybar packages.
 If you are using **Debian** (bullseye/11/stable) or later, you can install [polybar](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/polybar)
 using `sudo apt install polybar`. Newer releases of polybar are sometimes provided in the [backports](https://wiki.debian.org/Backports)
 repository for stable users, you need to enable [backports](https://wiki.debian.org/Backports) and then install using
-`sudo apt -t buster-backports install polybar`.
+`sudo apt -t bullseye-backports install polybar`.
 
 If you are using **Ubuntu** 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) or later, you can install polybar
 using `sudo apt install polybar`.