diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8a9e4dc5e5..5bb27b4cf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: package installs
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get -yq install bison gettext keyutils ldap-utils libldap2-dev libkeyutils-dev python3 python3-paste python3-pyrad slapd tcsh python3-virtualenv virtualenv python3-kdcproxy gdb libtls-dev wget
+        sudo apt-get -yq install bison gettext keyutils ldap-utils libldap2-dev libkeyutils-dev python3 python3-paste python3-pyrad slapd tcsh python3-virtualenv virtualenv python3-kdcproxy gdb libtls-dev wget gpg
     - name: install cpanm and Test2::V0 for gost_engine testing
       uses: perl-actions/install-with-cpanm@10d60f00b4073f484fc29d45bfbe2f776397ab3d # v1.7
       with:
diff --git a/test/recipes/95-test_external_rpki-client-portable_data/rpki-client-portable.sh b/test/recipes/95-test_external_rpki-client-portable_data/rpki-client-portable.sh
index d3454940b6..ad49d3ac2f 100755
--- a/test/recipes/95-test_external_rpki-client-portable_data/rpki-client-portable.sh
+++ b/test/recipes/95-test_external_rpki-client-portable_data/rpki-client-portable.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,57 @@ CFLAGS="-I`pwd`/$BLDTOP/include -I`pwd`/$SRCTOP/include"
 
 WGET_OPTS='--no-check-certificate'
 wget $WGET_OPTS -O $RPKI_TARBALL $RPKI_DOWNLOAD_URL && tar xzf $RPKI_TARBALL
+wget $WGET_OPTS -O $RPKI_TARBALL.asc $RPKI_DOWNLOAD_URL.asc
+#
+# public key comes from
+# https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/rpki-client/RELEASE_KEY.asc
+#
+cat <<EOF | gpg --import -
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+
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+=O6H8
+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+EOF
+gpg --veirfy $RPKI_TARBALL.asc $RPKI_TARBALL || exit 1
+
 cd $RPKI_SRC
 
 ./configure --with-openssl-cflags="$CFLAGS" --with-openssl-ldflags="$LDFLAGS" \