diff --git a/docs/en_US/release_notes_6_3.rst b/docs/en_US/release_notes_6_3.rst
index 107c7c781..f72e63d57 100644
--- a/docs/en_US/release_notes_6_3.rst
+++ b/docs/en_US/release_notes_6_3.rst
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ Bug fixes
 | `Issue #7013 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7013>`_ -  Fix an RPM build issue that could lead to a conflict with python3 at installation.
 | `Issue #7015 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7015>`_ -  Fixed an issue where the error is thrown while creating a new server using Add New Server from the dashboard while tree item is not selected.
 | `Issue #7024 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7024>`_ -  Fixed an issue where reverse engineering SQL is wrong for Aggregate.
+| `Issue #7040 <https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/7040>`_ -  Add "section" to the Debian package control files.
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diff --git a/pkg/debian/build.sh b/pkg/debian/build.sh
index 6e7c3bd39..8bccbc8aa 100755
--- a/pkg/debian/build.sh
+++ b/pkg/debian/build.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ cat << EOF > "${SERVERROOT}/DEBIAN/control"
 Package: ${APP_NAME}-server
 Version: ${APP_LONG_VERSION}
 Architecture: ${OS_ARCH}
+Section: database
 Depends: python3, libpq5 (>= 11.0), libgssapi-krb5-2
 Recommends: postgresql-client | postgresql-client-14 | postgresql-client-13 | postgresql-client-12 | postgresql-client-11 | postgresql-client-10
 Maintainer: pgAdmin Development Team <pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org>
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ cat << EOF > "${DESKTOPROOT}/DEBIAN/control"
 Package: ${APP_NAME}-desktop
 Version: ${APP_LONG_VERSION}
 Architecture: ${OS_ARCH}
+Section: database
 Depends: ${APP_NAME}-server (= ${APP_LONG_VERSION}), libatomic1, xdg-utils
 Maintainer: pgAdmin Development Team <pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org>
 Description: The desktop user interface for pgAdmin. pgAdmin is the most popular and feature rich Open Source administration and development platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open Source database in the world.
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ cat << EOF > "${WEBROOT}/DEBIAN/control"
 Package: ${APP_NAME}-web
 Version: ${APP_LONG_VERSION}
 Architecture: all
+Section: database
 Depends: ${APP_NAME}-server (= ${APP_LONG_VERSION}), apache2, libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
 Maintainer: pgAdmin Development Team <pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org>
 Description: The web interface for pgAdmin, hosted under Apache HTTPD. pgAdmin is the most popular and feature rich Open Source administration and development platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open Source database in the world.
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ cat << EOF > "${METAROOT}/DEBIAN/control"
 Package: ${APP_NAME}
 Version: ${APP_LONG_VERSION}
 Architecture: all
+Section: database
 Depends: ${APP_NAME}-server (= ${APP_LONG_VERSION}), ${APP_NAME}-desktop (= ${APP_LONG_VERSION}), ${APP_NAME}-web (= ${APP_LONG_VERSION})
 Maintainer: pgAdmin Development Team <pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org>
 Description: Installs all required components to run pgAdmin in desktop and web modes. pgAdmin is the most popular and feature rich Open Source administration and development platform for PostgreSQL, the most advanced Open Source database in the world.