diff --git a/puppet/kandra/files/github.keys b/puppet/kandra/files/github.keys
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4c560e0e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puppet/kandra/files/github.keys
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+github.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOMqqnkVzrm0SdG6UOoqKLsabgH5C9okWi0dh2l9GKJl
+github.com ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBEmKSENjQEezOmxkZMy7opKgwFB9nkt5YRrYMjNuG5N87uRgg6CLrbo5wAdT/y6v0mKV0U2w0WZ2YB/++Tpockg=
+github.com ssh-rsa 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
diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp
index 9705107cf3..40334c49ea 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ class kandra::profile::base {
     home            => '/root',
     keys            => 'internal-read-only-deploy-key',
     authorized_keys => 'common',
+    known_hosts     => ['github.com'],
   }
 
   kandra::user_dotfiles { 'zulip':
     keys            => 'internal-read-only-deploy-key',
     authorized_keys => 'common',
+    known_hosts     => ['github.com'],
   }
 
   service { 'ssh':
diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/user_dotfiles.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/user_dotfiles.pp
index 0f943e5a2d..064af19301 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/user_dotfiles.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/user_dotfiles.pp
@@ -64,10 +64,19 @@ define kandra::user_dotfiles (
       require => File["${homedir}/.ssh"],
     }
     $known_hosts.each |String $hostname| {
-      exec { "${user} ssh known_hosts ${hostname}":
-        command => "ssh-keyscan ${hostname} >> ${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts",
-        unless  => "grep ${hostname} ${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts",
-        require => File["${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts"],
+      if $hostname == 'github.com' {
+        $github_keys = file('kandra/github.keys')
+        exec { "${user} ssh known_hosts ${hostname}":
+          command => "echo '${github_keys}' >> ${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts",
+          unless  => "grep ${hostname} ${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts",
+          require => File["${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts"],
+        }
+      } else {
+        exec { "${user} ssh known_hosts ${hostname}":
+          command => "ssh-keyscan ${hostname} >> ${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts",
+          unless  => "grep ${hostname} ${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts",
+          require => File["${homedir}/.ssh/known_hosts"],
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer b/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer
index 2f659af33a..3154817b81 100644
--- a/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer
+++ b/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@ INSTALL_SSH_KEYS="inline!puppet/kandra/files/install-ssh-keys"
 # Provide GitHub known_hosts setup; you can verify against fingerprints at
 # https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/githubs-ssh-key-fingerprints
 # via `ssh-keygen -lf`
-cat >/root/.ssh/known_hosts <<EOF
-github.com ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOMqqnkVzrm0SdG6UOoqKLsabgH5C9okWi0dh2l9GKJl
-github.com ssh-rsa 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
-EOF
+GITHUB_KEYS="inline!puppet/kandra/files/github.keys"
+cat "$GITHUB_KEYS" >>/root/.ssh/known_hosts
 
 cd /root
 git clone "$REPO_URL" zulip -b "$BRANCH"