diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11777-group5-batch6-locale.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11777-group5-batch6-locale.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59e5230f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11777-group5-batch6-locale.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - yum_versionlock - set ``LANGUAGE`` and ``LC_ALL`` to ``C`` in ``run_command()`` calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737,
+    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11777).
+  - zypper_repository - set ``LANGUAGE`` and ``LC_ALL`` to ``C`` in ``run_command()`` calls to ensure locale-independent output parsing
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11737,
+    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11777).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/yum_versionlock.py b/plugins/modules/yum_versionlock.py
index 1e27b8167c..605505b138 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/yum_versionlock.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/yum_versionlock.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ def main():
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
     )
+    module.run_command_environ_update = {"LANGUAGE": "C", "LC_ALL": "C"}
 
     state = module.params["state"]
     packages = module.params["name"]
diff --git a/plugins/modules/zypper_repository.py b/plugins/modules/zypper_repository.py
index f66f92ef85..876f6c366c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/zypper_repository.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/zypper_repository.py
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ def main():
         supports_check_mode=False,
         required_one_of=[["state", "runrefresh"]],
     )
+    module.run_command_environ_update = {"LANGUAGE": "C", "LC_ALL": "C"}
 
     repo = module.params["repo"]
     alias = module.params["name"]