diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82497.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82497.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54c179e56ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/82497.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - apt_key - consider expired keys while performing various operations (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82497).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/apt_key.py b/lib/ansible/modules/apt_key.py
index 669bad20c6f..b0c34096f0b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/apt_key.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/apt_key.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def parse_output_for_keys(output, short_format=False):
     found = []
     lines = to_native(output).split('\n')
     for line in lines:
-        if (line.startswith("pub") or line.startswith("sub")) and "expired" not in line:
+        if line.startswith(("pub", "sub")):
             try:
                 # apt key format
                 tokens = line.split()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt_key/files/expired_key.gpg b/test/integration/targets/apt_key/files/expired_key.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfd27ab37ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt_key/files/expired_key.gpg
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+Version: GnuPG v1
+
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+gfANgMxq5VqDOnVlZBNyn5jc6bShLCZvCFQhL8NBIKUUbAr1SgoutlqjvNNmJWrL
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++I/KN81j1OqbLHwN8OwBNeuYqDsFak3bnK2L+MwCCubI8lC9Lmwebw3lwRPZVC70
+byOOVNADCDrk8JQyp2p/cY6hDbmgIuzfRH5Rx3Sb7DACxa5UmOBpNDOxKLaDBWWS
+fey40FOow+cRyw==
+=nmGM
+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt_key/tasks/apt_key.yml b/test/integration/targets/apt_key/tasks/apt_key.yml
index 0e01723755d..c316ce8d776 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apt_key/tasks/apt_key.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt_key/tasks/apt_key.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,25 @@
           - 'apt_key_test0.changed is defined'
           - 'apt_key_test0.changed'
           - 'not apt_key_test1.changed'
+
+- name: Import Expired Key
+  apt_key:
+    data: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'expired_key.gpg') }}"
+    state: present
+  register: invalid_key_import
+
+- name: Check if key is imported
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - invalid_key_import.changed
+
+- name: Delete Expired Key
+  apt_key:
+    data: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', 'expired_key.gpg') }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: invalid_key_delete
+
+- name: Check if key is deleted
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - invalid_key_delete.changed