Signature Key
To guarantee that a downloaded GnuPG version has not been tampered with by malicious entities we provide signature files for all tarballs. Instructions on how to verify a signature can be found at integrity checking page.
The used signature keys are reported below. The keys are also signed by the long term keys of the respective owners. A document with the same information and a qualified digital signature of the project's founder is also available: https://gnupg.org/signature-key.pdf
Current releases are signed by one or more of these keys:
pub ed25519 2020-08-24 [SC] [expires: 2030-06-30] 6DAA 6E64 A76D 2840 571B 4902 5288 97B8 2640 3ADA 6DAA6E64A76D2840571B4902528897B826403ADA uid Werner Koch (dist signing 2020) pub ed25519 2021-05-19 [SC] [expires: 2027-04-04] AC8E 115B F73E 2D8D 47FA 9908 E98E 9B2D 19C6 C8BD AC8E115BF73E2D8D47FA9908E98E9B2D19C6C8BD uid Niibe Yutaka (GnuPG Release Key) pub rsa3072 2025-05-09 [SC] [expires: 2033-03-03] 3B76 1AE4 E63B F351 9CE7 D63B ECB6 64CB E133 2EEF 3B761AE4E63BF3519CE7D63BECB664CBE1332EEF uid Alexander Kulbartsch (GnuPG Release Key) pub brainpoolP256r1 2021-10-15 [SC] [expires: 2029-12-31] 02F3 8DFF 731F F97C B039 A1DA 549E 695E 905B A208 02F38DFF731FF97CB039A1DA549E695E905BA208 uid GnuPG.com (Release Signing Key 2021)
Note that the fingerprint is given twice for easier copy+paste.
Below is a public key block with the above keys; you may also download these keys from: https://gnupg.org/signature_key.asc
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Former Signature Keys
Mainly GUI tools releases until 2024 were signed by this key:
pub rsa3072 2017-03-17 [SC] [expires: 2027-03-15] 5B80 C575 4298 F0CB 55D8 ED6A BCEF 7E29 4B09 2E28 uid Andre Heinecke (Release Signing Key)
Releases done in the years 2006 to 2010 were signed by this key:
pub rsa1024/1CE0C630 2006-01-01 [expired: 2011-06-30] Key fingerprint = 7B96 D396 E647 1601 754B E4DB 53B6 20D0 1CE0 C630 uid [ expired] Werner Koch (dist sig) <dd9jn@gnu.org>
Releases done in the years 1998 to 2005 were signed by this key:
pub dsa1024/57548DCD 1998-07-07 [expired: 2005-12-31] Key fingerprint = 6BD9 050F D8FC 941B 4341 2DCC 68B7 AB89 5754 8DCD uid [ expired] Werner Koch (gnupg sig) <dd9jn@gnu.org>
For reference a public key block with expired keys used to sign older releases can be found here.