A new version of APT is coming to Debian 12
The forthcoming "Bookworm" release of Debian, version 12, will include a new version of the APT packaging tools, with better handling of non-free software.
Debian releases are given code names from the Toy Story series of movies; Bookworm, if you're curious, was a "minor antagonist" from Toy Story 3. Debian 13 will be Trixie, and Debian 14 will be Forky.
The APT packaging system is "probably the best feature in Debian", as a commentator already observed back in 2004. APT is remarkably stable: the new release will be only version 2.6.0.