diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 99f982bcd0..1e9062e147 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: 'Configure GPG keys'
           command: |
-            echo -e "$GPG_KEY" | gpg --batch --no-tty --import --yes
+            echo -e "$GPG_KEY" | base64 -d | gpg --batch --yes --import
 
 # our job defaults
 defaults: &defaults