diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9187-flatpak-lang.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9187-flatpak-lang.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..159923cbdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9187-flatpak-lang.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - flatpak - force the locale language to ``C`` when running the flatpak command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9187, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8883).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/flatpak.py b/plugins/modules/flatpak.py
index 09e49e5575..84e4ea8374 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/flatpak.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/flatpak.py
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ def main():
     if not binary:
         module.fail_json(msg="Executable '%s' was not found on the system." % executable, **result)
 
+    module.run_command_environ_update = dict(LANGUAGE='C', LC_ALL='C')
+
     installed, not_installed = flatpak_exists(module, binary, name, method)
     if state == 'absent' and installed:
         uninstall_flat(module, binary, installed, method)