diff --git a/roles/borgmatic/tasks/main.yml b/roles/borgmatic/tasks/main.yml
index 9634f97..1633e4c 100644
--- a/roles/borgmatic/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/borgmatic/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
   become_user: borg
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
     path: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    line: "{{ ssh_pubkey.content | b64decode }}"
+    line: "{{ ssh_pubkey.content | b64decode | trim }}"
     create: true