diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 870a94c..f3d0992 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ docker_apt_arch: "{{ 'arm64' if ansible_architecture == 'aarch64' else 'amd64' }
 docker_apt_repository: "deb [arch={{ docker_apt_arch }}] {{ docker_repo_url }}/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} {{ docker_apt_release_channel }}"
 docker_apt_ignore_key_error: true
 docker_apt_gpg_key: "{{ docker_repo_url }}/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}/gpg"
+docker_apt_gpg_key_checksum: "sha256:1500c1f56fa9e26b9b8f42452a553675796ade0807cdce11975eb98170b3a570"
 
 # Used only for RedHat/CentOS/Fedora.
 docker_yum_repo_url: "{{ docker_repo_url }}/{{ (ansible_distribution == 'Fedora') | ternary('fedora','centos') }}/docker-{{ docker_edition }}.repo"
diff --git a/tasks/setup-Debian.yml b/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
index 0abcd17..55c8e62 100644
--- a/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup-Debian.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     url: "{{ docker_apt_gpg_key }}"
     dest: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/docker.asc
     mode: '0644'
-    force: true
+    force: false
+    checksum: "{{ docker_apt_gpg_key_checksum | default(omit) }}"
   register: add_repository_key
   ignore_errors: "{{ docker_apt_ignore_key_error }}"
   when: docker_add_repo | bool