diff --git a/debian/configure b/debian/configure
index 044e61f2391..11bdbf83106 100755
--- a/debian/configure
+++ b/debian/configure
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fi
 
 EXTRA_BUILD=
 PYTHON_VERSION_NEXT=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print (sys.version[:2] + str(1+int(sys.version[2])))')
-LIBREADLINE_DEV="libeditreadline-dev"
+LIBREADLINE_DEV="libedit-dev"
 
 ENABLE_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=--enable-build-documentation=pdf
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ COMPAT="12"
 
 case $DISTRIB_NAME in
     Ubuntu-25.*|Ubuntu-24.*|Ubuntu-21.*|Debian-11|Debian-11.*|Debian-12|Debian-12.*|Debian-13|Debian-13.*|Debian-testing|Debian-unstable)
-        LIBREADLINE_DEV=libeditreadline-dev
+        LIBREADLINE_DEV=libedit-dev
         COMPAT=""
         DEBHELPER="debhelper-compat (= 13)"
         ;;