diff --git a/ansible/configs/sap-hana/default_vars.yml b/ansible/configs/sap-hana/default_vars.yml
index 89df36def2e..e0b20d7dbf4 100644
--- a/ansible/configs/sap-hana/default_vars.yml
+++ b/ansible/configs/sap-hana/default_vars.yml
@@ -73,9 +73,12 @@ offline_token: "{{ sap-e2e-offline-token }}"
 ansible_tower_download_url: "https://releases.ansible.com/ansible-tower/setup/ansible-tower-setup-3.6.3-1.tar.gz"
 #ansible_tower_epel_download_url: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm"
 #ansible_tower_epel_gpg_download_url: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8"
+### Disable GPG check for epel ###
+ansible_tower_epel_disable_gpg_check: "yes"
 
 ansible_tower_password: "{{ tower_password }}"
 
+
 tower_cli_config: |
   [general]
   username = admin