diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11045-check-cobbler-version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11045-check-cobbler-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46483c40c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11045-check-cobbler-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - cobbler_system - compare the version as a float which is the type returned by the Cobbler API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11044).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py b/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py
index a889d09058..3662b2ac3a 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.datetime import (
     now,
 )
-from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
 IFPROPS_MAPPING = dict(
     bondingopts="bonding_opts",
@@ -266,7 +265,8 @@ def main():
         if system:
             # Update existing entry
             system_id = ""
-            if LooseVersion(str(conn.version())) >= LooseVersion("3.4"):
+            # https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/blame/v3.3.7/cobbler/api.py#L277
+            if float(conn.version()) >= 3.4:
                 system_id = conn.get_system_handle(name)
             else:
                 system_id = conn.get_system_handle(name, token)