diff --git a/plugins/connection/buildah.py b/plugins/connection/buildah.py
index 8d6bf81..e7fd365 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/buildah.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/buildah.py
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ import subprocess
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes, to_text  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_native, to_bytes, to_text  # noqa: F402
 from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase, ensure_connect
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
diff --git a/plugins/connection/podman.py b/plugins/connection/podman.py
index bd242e9..beae2e5 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/podman.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/podman.py
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ import subprocess
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes, to_text  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_native, to_bytes, to_text  # noqa: F402
 from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase, ensure_connect
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py b/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py
index 03a61e9..1cadda2 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import json  # noqa: F402
 import os  # noqa: F402
 import shlex  # noqa: F402
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native  # noqa: F402
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
 from ansible_collections.containers.podman.plugins.module_utils.podman.common import (
     LooseVersion,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_pod_lib.py b/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_pod_lib.py
index e668bc9..6867652 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_pod_lib.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_pod_lib.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 import json  # noqa: F402
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
 from ansible_collections.containers.podman.plugins.module_utils.podman.common import (
     LooseVersion,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/podman_container_exec.py b/plugins/modules/podman_container_exec.py
index 1a6df6a..f0c0544 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/podman_container_exec.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/podman_container_exec.py
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ exec_id:
 
 
 import shlex
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_text  # noqa: F402
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.containers.podman.plugins.module_utils.podman.common import (
     run_podman_command,
diff --git a/plugins/modules/podman_network.py b/plugins/modules/podman_network.py
index e7c99c7..7ed9313 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/podman_network.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/podman_network.py
@@ -305,7 +305,10 @@ except ImportError:
     HAS_IP_ADDRESS_MODULE = False
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule  # noqa: F402
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native  # noqa: F402
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
 from ansible_collections.containers.podman.plugins.module_utils.podman.common import (
     LooseVersion,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/podman_volume.py b/plugins/modules/podman_volume.py
index 5c2f41f..d439110 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/podman_volume.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/podman_volume.py
@@ -154,7 +154,10 @@ import json  # noqa: F402
 import os  # noqa: F402
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule  # noqa: F402
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native  # noqa: F402
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.common.text import to_native, to_bytes  # noqa: F402
 from ansible_collections.containers.podman.plugins.module_utils.podman.common import (
     LooseVersion,
 )