diff --git a/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh b/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh
index 8bd537219..e03119b8f 100644
--- a/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/rootfs/distro-specific.sh
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function create_sources_list_and_deploy_repo_key() {
 	mkdir -p "${basedir}"/usr/share/keyrings
 	# change to binary form
 	APT_SIGNING_KEY_FILE="/usr/share/keyrings/armbian-archive-keyring.gpg"
-	gpg --dearmor < "${SRC}"/config/armbian.key > "${basedir}${APT_SIGNING_KEY_FILE}"
+	gpg --batch --yes --dearmor < "${SRC}"/config/armbian.key > "${basedir}${APT_SIGNING_KEY_FILE}"
 
 	# lets link to the old file as armbian-config uses it and we can't set there to new file
 	# we user force linking as some old caches still exists