It looks like your signing key is expired, and tag verification fails: $ mkdir /tmp/foo $ export GNUPGHOME=/tmp/foo $ git cat-file blob junio-gpg-pub | gpg --import gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/tmp/foo' gpg: keybox '/tmp/foo/pubring.kbx' created gpg: key 20D04E5A713660A7: 27 signatures not checked due to missing keys gpg: /tmp/foo/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 20D04E5A713660A7: public key "Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found $ git tag -v v2.33.0 object 225bc32a989d7a22fa6addafd4ce7dcd04675dbf type commit tag v2.33.0 tagger Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> 1629141357 -0700 Git 2.33 gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/tmp/foo' gpg: Signature made Mon Aug 16 15:15:57 2021 EDT gpg: using RSA key E1F036B1FEE7221FC778ECEFB0B5E88696AFE6CB gpg: Good signature from "Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>" [unknown] gpg: aka "Junio C Hamano <junio@xxxxxxxxx>" [unknown] gpg: aka "Junio C Hamano <jch@xxxxxxxxxx>" [unknown] gpg: Note: This key has expired! Primary key fingerprint: 96E0 7AF2 5771 9559 80DA D100 20D0 4E5A 7136 60A7 Subkey fingerprint: E1F0 36B1 FEE7 221F C778 ECEF B0B5 E886 96AF E6CB $ echo $? 1 Have you extended the expiration on it? I wasn't able to find any updates on the keyservers I checked. But regardless, we should probably ship an updated one via the tag. -Peff