diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/apt_repository-no-tty.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/apt_repository-no-tty.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..891ba78c42a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/apt_repository-no-tty.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - apt_repository - do not require a tty to prevent errors parsing GPG keys (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/49949)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py
index 86f63221470..e6fa46a1f62 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt_repository.py
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class UbuntuSourcesList(SourcesList):
             if self.add_ppa_signing_keys_callback is not None:
                 info = self._get_ppa_info(ppa_owner, ppa_name)
                 if not self._key_already_exists(info['signing_key_fingerprint']):
-                    command = ['apt-key', 'adv', '--recv-keys', '--keyserver', 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80', info['signing_key_fingerprint']]
+                    command = ['apt-key', 'adv', '--recv-keys', '--no-tty', '--keyserver', 'hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80', info['signing_key_fingerprint']]
                     self.add_ppa_signing_keys_callback(command)
 
             file = file or self._suggest_filename('%s_%s' % (line, self.codename))