diff --git a/hiera/group/zuul-executor.yaml b/hiera/group/zuul-executor.yaml
index 7745e9c536..be6155d91f 100644
--- a/hiera/group/zuul-executor.yaml
+++ b/hiera/group/zuul-executor.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ zuul_connections:
     canonical_hostname: 'opendev.org'
     user: 'zuul'
     sshkey: '/var/lib/zuul/ssh/id_rsa'
+    auth_type: 'digest'
 
   - name: 'github'
     driver: 'github'
diff --git a/hiera/group/zuul-merger.yaml b/hiera/group/zuul-merger.yaml
index bc37db65f6..3cdd908fee 100644
--- a/hiera/group/zuul-merger.yaml
+++ b/hiera/group/zuul-merger.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ zuul_connections:
     canonical_hostname: 'opendev.org'
     user: 'zuul'
     sshkey: '/var/lib/zuul/ssh/id_rsa'
+    auth_type: 'digest'
 
   - name: 'github'
     driver: 'github'
diff --git a/hiera/group/zuul-scheduler.yaml b/hiera/group/zuul-scheduler.yaml
index effe5fe813..768b9bad43 100644
--- a/hiera/group/zuul-scheduler.yaml
+++ b/hiera/group/zuul-scheduler.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ zuul_connections:
     user: 'zuul'
     sshkey: '/var/lib/zuul/ssh/id_rsa'
     gitweb_url_template: 'https://opendev.org/{project.name}/commit/{sha}'
+    auth_type: 'digest'
 
   - name: 'opendaylight'
     driver: 'gerrit'