diff --git a/plugins/modules/podman_image.py b/plugins/modules/podman_image.py
index 96391d8..f81abbe 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/podman_image.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/podman_image.py
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ import shlex  # noqa: E402
 import tempfile  # noqa: E402
 import time  # noqa: E402
 import hashlib  # noqa: E402
+import sys  # noqa: E402
 
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
@@ -555,10 +556,17 @@ class PodmanImageManager(object):
         """
         if not containerfile_contents:
             return None
-        return hashlib.sha256(
-            containerfile_contents.encode(),
-            usedforsecurity=False
-        ).hexdigest()
+
+        # usedforsecurity keyword arg was introduced in python 3.9
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 9):
+            return hashlib.sha256(
+                containerfile_contents.encode(),
+            ).hexdigest()
+        else:
+            return hashlib.sha256(
+                containerfile_contents.encode(),
+                usedforsecurity=False
+            ).hexdigest()
 
     def _get_args_containerfile_hash(self):
         """