diff --git a/vms/cloudinit.host-attacker.cfg b/vms/cloudinit.host-attacker.cfg
index 0a6cbfd..2afc5a5 100644
--- a/vms/cloudinit.host-attacker.cfg
+++ b/vms/cloudinit.host-attacker.cfg
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ users:
   - name: ansible
     ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBtG6NCgdLHX4ztpfvYNRaslKWZcl6KdTc1DehVH4kAL
+      # the tf-ansible key
+      - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJ9JEzfMs+O6I5JYRQ+gHWClvCqaNTdop8ncDeSj+RWs
     sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
     shell: /bin/bash
     groups: wheel
diff --git a/vms/cloudinit.host-victim.cfg b/vms/cloudinit.host-victim.cfg
index b2273e9..4b43d5a 100644
--- a/vms/cloudinit.host-victim.cfg
+++ b/vms/cloudinit.host-victim.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ users:
   - name: ansible
     ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIBtG6NCgdLHX4ztpfvYNRaslKWZcl6KdTc1DehVH4kAL
+      # the tf-ansible key
+      - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIJ9JEzfMs+O6I5JYRQ+gHWClvCqaNTdop8ncDeSj+RWs
     sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
     shell: /bin/bash
     groups: wheel