# ScyllaDB Open Source, upgrading version, how do I solve an issue with key expiration?

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**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** open-source, administration, upgrade\
**Created:** [August 30, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/scylladb-open-source-upgrading-version-how-do-i-solve-an-issue-with-key-expiration/5478 "2026-08-30T06:58:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/guy/32/9_2.png) [@Guy](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Guy)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/scylladb-open-source-upgrading-version-how-do-i-solve-an-issue-with-key-expiration/5478/1 "2026-08-30T06:58:48Z")

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> **[Originally from the User Slack](https://scylladb-users.slack.com/)**
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> ![Jill_Yu](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/2X/b/b5eb7bdf437de728840a2545a8e3552d50b942ff.jpeg) @Jill\_YuJill\_Yu: Hi guy,
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> Our team recently wanted to upgrade from open-source Scylla 5.4 to 6.0, but we encountered a subkey expiration issue.  
> Has anyone else encountered this? Or are there any alternative solutions?
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> issue: [github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/31337](https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/31337)
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> > GitHub: [APT repository] Expired signing subkey blocks ScyllaDB 5.4.9 → 6.0.4 upgrade on Ubuntu 22.04 ARM64 · Issue #31337 · scylladb/scylla@avib@avi
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> ![avi](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/scylladb/original/1X/b5e08becda8d9df1abff1d3a2d9ffe1126ac3fc6.jpeg) @avi: Both 5.4 and 6.0 are long out of date, suggest to just tell apt to ignore key checks