diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9172-opkg-deprecate-force-none.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9172-opkg-deprecate-force-none.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b11419c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9172-opkg-deprecate-force-none.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deprecated_features:
+  - opkg - deprecate value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9172).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/opkg.py b/plugins/modules/opkg.py
index da51755efb..32cb2753f5 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/opkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/opkg.py
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ options:
     force:
         description:
             - The C(opkg --force) parameter used.
-            - Passing V("") as value and not passing any value at all have both
-              the same effect of B(not) using any C(--force-) parameter.
+            - State V("") is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 12.0.0. Please omit the parameter O(force) to obtain the same behavior.
         choices:
             - ""
             - "depends"
@@ -152,7 +151,11 @@ class Opkg(StateModuleHelper):
         )
 
         def _force(value):
+            # 12.0.0 function _force() to be removed entirely
             if value == "":
+                self.deprecate('Value "" is deprecated. Simply omit the parameter "force" to prevent any --force-X argument when running opkg',
+                               version="12.0.0",
+                               collection_name="community.general")
                 value = None
             return cmd_runner_fmt.as_optval("--force-")(value, ctx_ignore_none=True)
 
@@ -164,7 +167,7 @@ class Opkg(StateModuleHelper):
             arg_formats=dict(
                 package=cmd_runner_fmt.as_list(),
                 state=cmd_runner_fmt.as_map(state_map),
-                force=cmd_runner_fmt.as_func(_force),
+                force=cmd_runner_fmt.as_func(_force),  # 12.0.0 replace with cmd_runner_fmt.as_optval("--force-")
                 update_cache=cmd_runner_fmt.as_bool("update"),
                 version=cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed("--version"),
             ),