diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/799-atomic.yml b/changelogs/fragments/799-atomic.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df9f465f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/799-atomic.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "various modules - pass absolute paths to ``module.atomic_move()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83950, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/pull/799)."
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/io.py b/plugins/module_utils/io.py
index 6c2f33be..1386c776 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/io.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/io.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def write_file(module, content, default_mode=None, path=None):
         if os.path.exists(file_args['path']):
             module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, False)
         # Move tempfile to final destination
-        module.atomic_move(tmp_name, file_args['path'])
+        module.atomic_move(os.path.abspath(tmp_name), os.path.abspath(file_args['path']))
         # Try to update permissions again
         if not module.check_file_absent_if_check_mode(file_args['path']):
             module.set_fs_attributes_if_different(file_args, False)
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/openssh/backends/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/openssh/backends/common.py
index 46ee1c91..a4d1e5c3 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/openssh/backends/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/openssh/backends/common.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def restore_on_failure(f):
             f(module, path, *args, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
             if backup_file is not None:
-                module.atomic_move(backup_file, path)
+                module.atomic_move(os.path.abspath(backup_file), os.path.abspath(path))
             raise
         else:
             module.add_cleanup_file(backup_file)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def restore_on_failure(f):
 
 @restore_on_failure
 def safe_atomic_move(module, path, destination):
-    module.atomic_move(path, destination)
+    module.atomic_move(os.path.abspath(path), os.path.abspath(destination))
 
 
 def _restore_all_on_failure(f):
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _restore_all_on_failure(f):
             f(self, sources_and_destinations, *args, **kwargs)
         except Exception:
             for destination, backup in backups:
-                self.module.atomic_move(backup, destination)
+                self.module.atomic_move(os.path.abspath(backup), os.path.abspath(destination))
             raise
         else:
             for destination, backup in backups:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class OpensshModule(object):
         """
         for source, destination in sources_and_destinations:
             if os.path.exists(destination):
-                self.module.atomic_move(source, destination)
+                self.module.atomic_move(os.path.abspath(source), os.path.abspath(destination))
             else:
                 self.module.preserved_copy(source, destination)
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py b/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py
index a2327d54..d0d5e148 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openssl_dhparam.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class DHParameterOpenSSL(DHParameterBase):
         if self.backup:
             self.backup_file = module.backup_local(self.path)
         try:
-            module.atomic_move(tmpsrc, self.path)
+            module.atomic_move(os.path.abspath(tmpsrc), os.path.abspath(self.path))
         except Exception as e:
             module.fail_json(msg="Failed to write to file %s: %s" % (self.path, str(e)))