diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/bm-e7-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/bm-e7-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/salt.yaml
index ffc0d69..58c4683 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/bm-e7-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/bm-e7-cicd-pike-ovs-maas/salt.yaml
@@ -105,4 +105,15 @@
 
 {{SHARED_TEST_TOOLS.MACRO_INSTALL_RECLASS_TOOLS()}}
 {{ SHARED_WORKAROUNDS.MACRO_CEPH_SET_PGNUM() }}
-{{ SHARED_WORKAROUNDS.CLEAR_CEPH_OSD_DRIVES() }}
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+{{ SHARED_WORKAROUNDS.CLEAR_CEPH_OSD_DRIVES() }}
+
+- description: Disable known_hosts_autopopulation
+  cmd: |
+    set -ex;
+    . /root/venv-reclass-tools/bin/activate;
+      reclass-tools add-bool-key parameters.openssh.client.known_hosts_autopopulation false /srv/salt/reclass/nodes/_generated/cfg01.{{ LAB_CONFIG_NAME }}.local.yml
+    git add /srv/salt/reclass/nodes/_generated
+    git commit -m "[from tcp-qa] known_hosts_autopopulation disabled"
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  skip_fail: false
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