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# Update the public key

The public key verifies that Hewlett Packard Enterprise created its RPMs and update packages and that the code has not been modified since it was signed. Before you update the public key, you must obtain a new public key.

### Prerequisites

- Minimum required session ID privileges: Infrastructure administrator

- New HEP public key

Updating the public key using REST APIs
`PUT /rest/appliance/firmware/verificationKey`

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