my mac mini thinks it's a 2011 5.1 but it's a 2012 6.1

I went to install Mac OS Catalina on my Mac Mini 2012, but when I inserted the USB drive, it told me that it is not compatible with this version of Mac OS. I tried to recover it online, I went through the option to recover the latest Mac OS for my device, it loaded High Sierra, so I went to look in the log, and my Mac 6.1 2012 was identifying itself as a 5.1 2011! Does anyone know how I can solve this?

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