# Cant Rotate KES usinf CNTOOLS

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-rotate-kes-usinf-cntools/121829>\
**Category:** Operate a Stake Pool\
**Created:** [10 September 2023 16:51 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-rotate-kes-usinf-cntools/121829 "2023-09-10T16:51:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DrSicks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/drsicks/32/63570_2.png) [@DrSicks](https://forum.cardano.org/u/DrSicks)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2023 16:51 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-rotate-kes-usinf-cntools/121829/1 "2023-09-10T16:51:09Z")

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Im attempting to rotate KES and Im getting the following failure message  
Need Help  
 ![Screenshot from CORE](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/cardano/original/3X/a/c/acb0a3f25d509e0aa27663e09ecde4ed30af9aba.png)

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**Author:** ![DrSicks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/drsicks/32/63570_2.png) [@DrSicks](https://forum.cardano.org/u/DrSicks)\
**Post date:** [10 September 2023 17:04 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/cant-rotate-kes-usinf-cntools/121829/2 "2023-09-10T17:04:52Z")

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**Solution** : I had to decrypt in offline mode before rotation.