diff --git a/puppet/modules/site_apt/manifests/leap_repo.pp b/puppet/modules/site_apt/manifests/leap_repo.pp
index 7c6c49c589f72d9a17cd00464e63c836811752da..08c3d0e6f701d000fa723f96edc3b87f1e6c6ae5 100644
--- a/puppet/modules/site_apt/manifests/leap_repo.pp
+++ b/puppet/modules/site_apt/manifests/leap_repo.pp
@@ -4,10 +4,21 @@ class site_apt::leap_repo {
   $platform = hiera_hash('platform')
   $major_version = $platform['major_version']
 
-  if $::site_apt::apt_url_platform_basic =~ /.*experimental.*/ {
-    $archive_key = '/usr/share/keyrings/leap-experimental-archive.gpg'
-  } else {
-    $archive_key = '/usr/share/keyrings/leap-archive.gpg'
+  # on jessie, keys need to be in /etc/apt/...
+  # see https://0xacab.org/leap/platform/issues/8862
+  if ( $::operatingsystemmajrelease == '8' ) {
+    if $::site_apt::apt_url_platform_basic =~ /.*experimental.*/ {
+      $archive_key = 'CE433F407BAB443AFEA196C1837C1AD5367429D9'
+    } else {
+      $archive_key = '1E453B2CE87BEE2F7DFE99661E34A1828E207901'
+    }
+  }
+  if ( $::operatingsystemmajrelease != '8' ) {
+    if $::site_apt::apt_url_platform_basic =~ /.*experimental.*/ {
+      $archive_key = '/usr/share/keyrings/leap-experimental-archive.gpg'
+    } else {
+      $archive_key = '/usr/share/keyrings/leap-archive.gpg'
+    }
   }
 
   apt::sources_list { 'leap.list':