diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml
index 734d038a7f7..6eb5e1432b4 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   until: apt_key_download is succeeded
   retries: 4
   delay: "{{ retry_stagger | d(3) }}"
+  environment: "{{ proxy_env }}"
 
 - name: Add CRI-O kubic apt repo
   apt_repository: