diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11206-datetime.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11206-datetime.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..136c0edf4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11206-datetime.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "datetime module utils - fix bug in ``fromtimestamp()`` that caused the function to crash.
+     This function is not used in community.general (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11206)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/datetime.py b/plugins/module_utils/datetime.py
index c7899f68da..e8e358dbad 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/datetime.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/datetime.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def ensure_timezone_info(value):
 
 def fromtimestamp(value):
     if _USE_TIMEZONE:
-        return _datetime.fromtimestamp(value, tz=_datetime.timezone.utc)
-    return _datetime.utcfromtimestamp(value)
+        return _datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(value, tz=_datetime.timezone.utc)
+    return _datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(value)
 
 
 def now():