diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 44ed5a308b8be2e8c5987a0f5e4d91320b6ab87b..21d1e8e1d0c4d66918d6392b3624e01c8560a582 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+libguestfs (1:1.44.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Migrate from exfat-utils and exfat-fuse to exfatprogs.
+    Since bullseye we have in kernel support for exFAT, no need to rely
+    on the fuse implementation anymore.
+
+ -- Sven Höxter <hoexter@debian.org>  Wed, 06 Oct 2021 14:47:03 +0200
+
 libguestfs (1:1.44.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream version 1.44.2
diff --git a/debian/check-appliance-build-deps.sh b/debian/check-appliance-build-deps.sh
index ee5a9d84d99eb548381f189f7649cbf1bc7be057..44a0f058b562723b74aa0b6fd64b07f464b0b427 100755
--- a/debian/check-appliance-build-deps.sh
+++ b/debian/check-appliance-build-deps.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ m4 -DDEBIAN=1 -DEXTRA_PACKAGES= appliance/packagelist.in \
     | tr ' ' '\n' \
     | sed -e '/^$/d' \
           -e '/^\(bash\|coreutils\|dash\|diffutils\|findutils\|grep\|gzip\|libc-bin\|sed\|tar\|util-linux\)$/d' \
-          -e '/\(btrfs-tools\|fuse-exfat\|gfs2*-tools\|iproute\|module-init-tools\|procps-ng\)$/d' \
+          -e '/\(btrfs-tools\|exfat-fuse\|exfat-utils\|fuse-exfat\|gfs2*-tools\|iproute\|module-init-tools\|procps-ng\)$/d' \
     | grep -v ^lib \
     | grep -v ufsutils \
     | sort -u \
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 592e5340e0cd6647bcb8e72876d7d23e4a6a9d4a..c8e2bbfaf3b93b1727301b30581b1a41b5268f0b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
   curl,
   debootstrap,
   dosfstools,
-  exfat-fuse, exfat-utils,
+  exfatprogs,
   extlinux [i386 amd64],
   f2fs-tools,
   fdisk,