For others affected, installing firmware-iwlwifi from bullseye is a possible workaround for this issue.
This can be achieved e.g. by pinning: Add an entry to /etc/apt/sources.list such as # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1037096 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security non-free non-free-firmware Add a pin for firmware-iwlwifi to /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release n=bullseye Pin-Priority: -1 # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1037096 Package: firmware-iwlwifi Pin: release n=bullseye Pin-Priority: 1000 Run apt update, apt dist-upgrade and reboot. Make sure to remove this pin once this issue is resolved to receive updates for this package in the future.