diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d2595f640..c6331c30c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Package: libkiwix-dev
 Section: libdevel
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: libkiwix9 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, python3, aria2,
+Depends: libkiwix9 (= ${binary:Version}), ${misc:Depends}, python3,
  libzim-dev (>= 6.0.0),
  libicu-dev,
  libpugixml-dev,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Description: library of common code for Kiwix (development)
 Package: libkiwix9
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, aria2
 Conflicts: libkiwix0, libkiwix3
 Description: library of common code for Kiwix
  Kiwix is an offline Wikipedia reader. libkiwix provides the