diff --git a/server/plugins-available/software_update_plugin.inc.php b/server/plugins-available/software_update_plugin.inc.php
index 640d7a962b8557f529e6703efcd2d2b39d42104a..587bd4f09a610c3ec496e1fa1edffe1e17e76b94 100644
--- a/server/plugins-available/software_update_plugin.inc.php
+++ b/server/plugins-available/software_update_plugin.inc.php
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ class software_update_plugin {
 
 		//** Debian and compatible Linux distributions
 		if(file_exists('/etc/debian_version')) {
-			exec("aptitude update");
-			exec("aptitude safe-upgrade -y");
+			exec("apt-get update");
+			exec("apt-get upgrade -y");
 			$app->log('Execeuted Debian / Ubuntu update', LOGLEVEL_DEBUG);
 		}