diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ed2f080..631797d 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Depends: libc6,
          proxmox-archive-keyring,
          proxmox-backup-client,
          proxmox-backup-server,
-         pve-kernel-5.4,
+         pve-kernel-5.11,
          pve-kernel-helper,
 Description: Proxmox Backup Server metapackage
  This is a meta package which will install everything needed to run a
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index a8ed163..fe4c6c5 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ case "$1" in
   configure)
    # setup kernel links for installation CD (rescue boot)
     mkdir -p /boot/pve
-    ln -sf /boot/pve/vmlinuz-5.4 /boot/pve/vmlinuz
-    ln -sf /boot/pve/initrd.img-5.4 /boot/pve/initrd.img
+    ln -sf /boot/pve/vmlinuz-5.11 /boot/pve/vmlinuz
+    ln -sf /boot/pve/initrd.img-5.11 /boot/pve/initrd.img
     ;;
 esac