diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6c2d31..386e9de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Which is based on [Keep A Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 
 ### Added
 
+- can specify the haproxy repository
 - add resolvers configuration
 - add debian11 support
 - add IPs lists
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2270949..85d2eaa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Install and configure haproxy
 
 ## Role variables
 
+- `haproxy_apt_release` - set the apt release to use (default: `ansible_distribution_release`)
 - `haproxy_global` - hash with the global configuration
 
 ```
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ca27b44..affab71 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
+haproxy_apt_release: '{{ ansible_distribution_release }}'
 haproxy_stats_username: admin
 haproxy_stats_password: secret
-
 haproxy_global: {}
 haproxy_default_global:
   log-send-hostname: true
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index f7e5101..931248f 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
           - google.fr google.com:443 ssl verify none check resolvers dns init-addr none
 
   pre_tasks:
+    - name: add backports repository
+      ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
+        repo: 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports main'
+
     - name: update apt cache
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         update_cache: true
diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 95ab31f..ceb43f0 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ platforms:
     command: /bin/systemd
     capabilities:
       - SYS_ADMIN
+provisioner:
+  inventory:
+    host_vars:
+      debian10:
+        haproxy_apt_release: '{{ ansible_distribution_release }}-backports'
 lint: |
   set -e
   yamllint .
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8047ba3..58a057b 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ---
-- name: install Haproxy
-  ansible.builtin.package:
+- name: install package
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
     name:
       - haproxy
+    default_release: '{{ haproxy_apt_release }}'
   retries: 2
   register: result
   until: result is succeeded