diff --git a/roles/commons/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/commons/tasks/main.yaml
index c4ab552..a994e5d 100644
--- a/roles/commons/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/commons/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- name: super-ugly hack to allow unauthenticated packages to install
+  copy: content='APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated "true";' dest=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99temp owner=root group=root mode=0644
+
 - name: install common packages
   become: yes
   apt:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-packages/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/kubernetes-packages/tasks/main.yaml
index 85b0865..43ba2c4 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-packages/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-packages/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
        url: https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
        dest: /usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg
 
+   - name: super-ugly hack to allow unauthenticated packages to install
+     copy: content='APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated "true";' dest=/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99temp owner=root group=root mode=0644
+
    - name: kubernetes | apt source
      ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
        repo: "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main"