diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11255-monit-integrationtests.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11255-monit-integrationtests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57e0adf468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11255-monit-integrationtests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - monit - add ``monit_version`` return value also when the module has succeeded (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11255).
+bugfixes:
+  - monit - add delay of 0.5 seconds after state change and check for status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11255).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/monit.py b/plugins/modules/monit.py
index 1ba74995e5..54710114e3 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/monit.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/monit.py
@@ -152,7 +152,12 @@ class Monit:
         self.module.fail_json(**kwargs)
 
     def exit_success(self, state):
-        self.module.exit_json(changed=True, name=self.process_name, state=state)
+        self.module.exit_json(
+            changed=True,
+            name=self.process_name,
+            monit_version=self._raw_version,
+            state=state,
+        )
 
     @property
     def command_args(self):
@@ -272,6 +277,9 @@ class Monit:
     def change_state(self, state: str, expected_status: StatusValue, invert_expected: bool | None = None):
         current_status = self.get_status()
         self.run_command(STATE_COMMAND_MAP[state])
+        # Give monit daemon a moment to process the command before checking status
+        # to avoid race condition where HTTP interface may be temporarily unresponsive
+        time.sleep(0.5)
         status = self.wait_for_status_change(current_status)
         status = self.wait_for_monit_to_stop_pending(status)
         status_match = status.state == expected_status
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/monit/tasks/test_reload_present.yml b/tests/integration/targets/monit/tasks/test_reload_present.yml
index 0bd6cd073b..fef8d84c16 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/monit/tasks/test_reload_present.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/monit/tasks/test_reload_present.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
     name: monit
     state: restarted
 
+- name: wait for monit daemon to be responsive after restart
+  command: monit status -B httpd_echo
+  register: monit_status_check
+  changed_when: false
+  until: monit_status_check.rc == 0
+  retries: 10
+  delay: 0.5
+
 - name: test process present again
   monit:
     name: httpd_echo