diff --git a/data/family/Debian.yaml b/data/family/Debian.yaml
index 77d8d0f03..055c368c7 100644
--- a/data/family/Debian.yaml
+++ b/data/family/Debian.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+rabbitmq::python_package: 'python3'
 rabbitmq::package_name: 'rabbitmq-server'
 rabbitmq::service_name: 'rabbitmq-server'
 rabbitmq::package_gpg_key: 'https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/gpgkey'
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 5227f581d..5731baa11 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Debian",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
-        "10"
+        "10",
+        "11"
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/spec/classes/rabbitmq_spec.rb b/spec/classes/rabbitmq_spec.rb
index 09cb19fc3..56d1c2cca 100644
--- a/spec/classes/rabbitmq_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/rabbitmq_spec.rb
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@
             is_expected.to contain_archive('rabbitmqadmin').with_source('http://1.1.1.1:15672/cli/rabbitmqadmin')
           end
 
-          it { is_expected.to contain_package('python') } if %w[RedHat Debian SUSE Archlinux].include?(os_facts[:os]['family'])
+          it { is_expected.to contain_package('python') } if %w[RedHat SUSE Archlinux].include?(os_facts[:os]['family'])
+          it { is_expected.to contain_package('python3') } if %w[Debian].include?(os_facts[:os]['family'])
           it { is_expected.to contain_package('python38') } if %w[FreeBSD].include?(os_facts[:os]['family'])
         end