diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1706-vmware_vsan_health_info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1706-vmware_vsan_health_info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3db51a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1706-vmware_vsan_health_info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  -  vmware_vsan_health_info - Fix return value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/pull/1706).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_vsan_health_info.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_vsan_health_info.py
index d369efb57..89db649de 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmware_vsan_health_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmware_vsan_health_info.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def gather_info(self):
 
         health = json.dumps(cluster_health, cls=VmomiSupport.VmomiJSONEncoder, sort_keys=True, strip_dynamic=True)
 
-        self.module.exit_json(changed=False, vsan_health_info=health)
+        self.module.exit_json(changed=False, vsan_health_info=json.loads(health))
 
 
 def main():