diff --git a/debian-updates/tasks/main.yml b/debian-updates/tasks/main.yml
index 481d0c7a51b284642aeb27e36c1f905c897bcc1b..83bc6b7a51684592dc2c9ae47afc2538309cbcab 100644
--- a/debian-updates/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/debian-updates/tasks/main.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     line: '{{ apticron_to|regex_replace("@.*$") }}:"|/opt/debian-updates/receive.py"'
     path: /etc/aliases
     state: present
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int(default=99) < 11
   notify:
     - rebuild alias database
   tags: