diff --git a/utils/common.sh b/utils/common.sh
index 03d5125f..ad1d1187 100644
--- a/utils/common.sh
+++ b/utils/common.sh
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ function get_os_information() {
         source "$OS_RELEASE"
 
         export DISTRO_NAME="$ID"
+        export DISTRO_VERSION_ID="$VERSION_ID"
         export DISTRO_VERSION="$VERSION"
         export KERNEL PYTHON
     else
@@ -189,8 +190,9 @@ function required_packages() {
     echo -ne "➤ Validating installer package requirements... "
     case "$DISTRO_NAME" in
     debian | ubuntu)
+        [ "$DISTRO_VERSION_ID" -gt 11 ] && python_version="3.11" || python_version="3"
         apt-get update &>>"$LOG_FILE"
-        apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python3.11 python3.11-dev python3-pip python3.11-venv whiptail expect jq &>>"$LOG_FILE"
+        apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y "python${python_version}" "python${python_version}-dev" python3-pip "python${python_version}-venv" whiptail expect jq &>>"$LOG_FILE"
         ;;
     fedora)
         dnf install -y python3.11 python3.11-devel python3-pip python3-virtualenv newt expect jq &>>"$LOG_FILE"