diff --git a/tests/tasks/ssh/ssh-portal-command.yaml b/tests/tasks/ssh/ssh-portal-command.yaml
index ee9899149a..72af209b1e 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/ssh/ssh-portal-command.yaml
+++ b/tests/tasks/ssh/ssh-portal-command.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: "{{ testname }} - running {{ command }} on {{ username }}@{{ ssh_portal_host }} on port {{ ssh_portal_port }}, searching for '{{ expected_content }}'"
-  shell: ssh {{ username }}@{{ ssh_portal_host }} -p {{ ssh_portal_port }} {{ command }}
+  shell: ssh {{ username }}@{{ ssh_portal_host }} -p {{ ssh_portal_port }} -o 'PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-rsa' {{ command }}
   register: result
   until: result.stdout is search(expected_content)
   retries: 30