diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_apt_functionality.py b/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_apt_functionality.py
index a2b7172e145..e4f7e708b1a 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_apt_functionality.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/modules/test_apt_functionality.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     CURRENT_RELEASE,
     IS_UBUNTU,
     MANTIC,
+    QUESTING,
 )
 from tests.integration_tests.util import (
     get_feature_flag_value,
@@ -523,11 +524,16 @@ def test_apt_proxy(client: IntegrationInstance):
     r"software-properties-common', 'gnupg)"
 )
 
-REMOVE_GPG_USERDATA = """
+GPG_PACKAGES = "gpg software-properties-common"
+# On Ubuntu Resolute and newer, gpg-from-sq can replace the gpg metapackage
+# when gpg is removed. Remove other packages which rdepend on gpg to avoid
+# gpg-from-sq being installed as an alternative to gpg.
+GPG_PACKAGES_SQ = f"{GPG_PACKAGES}  python3-software-properties libgpgme45"
+
+REMOVE_GPG_USERDATA_TMPL = """
 #cloud-config
 runcmd:
-  - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get remove gpg -y
-  - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get remove software-properties-common -y
+  - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get remove {packages} -y
 """
 
 
@@ -570,9 +576,11 @@ def test_install_missing_deps(session_cloud: IntegrationCloud):
       'software-properties-common' are installed successfully.
     """
     # Two stage install: First stage:  remove gpg noninteractively from image
-    instance1 = session_cloud.launch(
-        user_data=_do_oci_customization(REMOVE_GPG_USERDATA)
-    )
+    if CURRENT_RELEASE <= QUESTING:
+        userdata = REMOVE_GPG_USERDATA_TMPL.format(packages=GPG_PACKAGES)
+    else:
+        userdata = REMOVE_GPG_USERDATA_TMPL.format(packages=GPG_PACKAGES_SQ)
+    instance1 = session_cloud.launch(user_data=_do_oci_customization(userdata))
 
     # look for r"un  gpg" using regex ('un' means uninstalled)
     for package in ["gpg", "software-properties-common"]:
diff --git a/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_phone_home.py b/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_phone_home.py
index 9c07d23b8dc..d44f365cff2 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_phone_home.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/config/test_cc_phone_home.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def test_no_url(self, m_readurl, caplog):
             (0, -1),
             (1, 0),
             (2, 1),
-            # override parametrized id to differentiate str "2" from int 2 in former test
-            # GH pytest-dev/pytest#14650.
+            # override parametrized id to differentiate str "2" from int 2 in
+            # former test GH pytest-dev/pytest#14650.
             pytest.param("2", 1, id="retries-as-int-str"),
             ("two", 9),
             (None, 9),