diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/48580-apt_key-no-tty.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/48580-apt_key-no-tty.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fe3d0f34b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/48580-apt_key-no-tty.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - apt_key - Disable TTY requirement in GnuPG for the module to work correctly
+    when SSH pipelining is enabled (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/48580)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_key.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_key.py
index 7f07b3b3a0..05921a504b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_key.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_key.py
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ def download_key(module, url):
 
 def import_key(module, keyring, keyserver, key_id):
     if keyring:
-        cmd = "%s --keyring %s adv --keyserver %s --recv %s" % (apt_key_bin, keyring, keyserver, key_id)
+        cmd = "%s --keyring %s adv --no-tty --keyserver %s --recv %s" % (apt_key_bin, keyring, keyserver, key_id)
     else:
-        cmd = "%s adv --keyserver %s --recv %s" % (apt_key_bin, keyserver, key_id)
+        cmd = "%s adv --no-tty --keyserver %s --recv %s" % (apt_key_bin, keyserver, key_id)
     for retry in range(5):
         lang_env = dict(LANG='C', LC_ALL='C', LC_MESSAGES='C')
         (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(cmd, environ_update=lang_env)