# Fix error `gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure` on Ubuntu

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To fix this error:

gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure

In your command replace `hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net` with `keyserver.ubuntu.com` .

For example:

gpg --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB  
\# Output: gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB  
\# Output is fine