diff --git a/dev-tools/release/promote_rc.sh b/dev-tools/release/promote_rc.sh
index c358c26b2b91..dd8c88cefff2 100755
--- a/dev-tools/release/promote_rc.sh
+++ b/dev-tools/release/promote_rc.sh
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ set +x
 sed -e "s/^ENV GEODE_GPG.*/ENV GEODE_GPG ${SIGNING_KEY}/" \
     -e "s/^ENV GEODE_VERSION.*/ENV GEODE_VERSION ${VERSION}/" \
     -e "s/^ENV GEODE_SHA256.*/ENV GEODE_SHA256 ${GEODE_SHA}/" \
+    -e "s/ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net/keyserver.ubuntu.com/" \
     -i.bak Dockerfile
 rm Dockerfile.bak
 set -x
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 4943b82bd4f8..f8027b3a9e20 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	[ -s "apache-geode-$GEODE_VERSION.tgz.asc" ]; \
 	echo "$GEODE_SHA256 *apache-geode-$GEODE_VERSION.tgz" | sha256sum -c -; \
 	export GNUPGHOME="$(mktemp -d)"; \
-	gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$GEODE_GPG"; \
+	gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$GEODE_GPG"; \
 	gpg --batch --verify "apache-geode-$GEODE_VERSION.tgz.asc" "apache-geode-$GEODE_VERSION.tgz"; \
 	rm -rf "$GNUPGHOME"; \
 	mkdir /geode; \