diff --git a/utils/common.sh b/utils/common.sh
index c82ff42f..f058683c 100644
--- a/utils/common.sh
+++ b/utils/common.sh
@@ -188,9 +188,10 @@ function get_os_information() {
 # the installer will exit with a message.
 function required_packages() {
     echo -ne "➤ Validating installer package requirements... "
+    PYTHON_VERSION="3.11"
     case "$DISTRO_NAME" in
     debian | ubuntu)
-        [ "$DISTRO_VERSION_ID" -gt 11 ] && PYTHON_VERSION="3.11" || PYTHON_VERSION="3"
+        [ "$DISTRO_VERSION_ID" -lt 12 ] && PYTHON_VERSION="3"
         export PYTHON_VERSION
         apt-get update &>>"$LOG_FILE"
         apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y "python${PYTHON_VERSION}" "python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev" python3-pip "python${PYTHON_VERSION}-venv" whiptail expect jq &>>"$LOG_FILE"