diff --git a/plugins/callback/loganalytics_ingestion.py b/plugins/callback/loganalytics_ingestion.py
index 69a72fd2e7..6c34e1f6ab 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/loganalytics_ingestion.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/loganalytics_ingestion.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 DOCUMENTATION = """
 name: loganalytics_ingestion
 type: notification
diff --git a/plugins/filter/accumulate.py b/plugins/filter/accumulate.py
index 7653a0bf91..c02c04cd83 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/accumulate.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/accumulate.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 name: accumulate
 short_description: Produce a list of accumulated sums of the input list contents
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py b/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py
index 4fbc35263a..cc7860d6e8 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/binary_file.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 name: binary_file
 author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/kea_command.py b/plugins/modules/kea_command.py
index 5f44d13fda..a496172671 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/kea_command.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/kea_command.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Copyright © Thorsten Glaser <tglaser@b1-systems.de>
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 ---
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_utils/_tags.py b/plugins/plugin_utils/_tags.py
index 48fc603387..67e233694a 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_utils/_tags.py
+++ b/plugins/plugin_utils/_tags.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # Note that this module util is **PRIVATE** to the collection. It can have breaking changes at any time.
 # Do not use this from other collections or standalone plugins/modules!
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import typing as t
 from collections.abc import Mapping, Set
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/callback/test_loganalytics_ingestion.py b/tests/unit/plugins/callback/test_loganalytics_ingestion.py
index 9b7cbcf80a..da21b2207b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/callback/test_loganalytics_ingestion.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/callback/test_loganalytics_ingestion.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import json
 import time
 import unittest
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_wsl.py b/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_wsl.py
index 5121a16c9b..114d45d2da 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_wsl.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_wsl.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 from io import StringIO
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_keycloak_realm_localization.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_keycloak_realm_localization.py
index ba12433785..686f601a55 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_keycloak_realm_localization.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_keycloak_realm_localization.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from io import StringIO
 from itertools import count