diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11849-homebrew-cask-brew-version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11849-homebrew-cask-brew-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d17b6cab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11849-homebrew-cask-brew-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - homebrew_cask - fix failure when ``brew --version`` returns a placeholder version string
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4708,
+    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11849).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/homebrew_cask.py b/plugins/modules/homebrew_cask.py
index 17020768cb..316f3aef85 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/homebrew_cask.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/homebrew_cask.py
@@ -440,14 +440,18 @@ class HomebrewCask:
             return self.brew_version
 
         cmd = [self.brew_path, "--version"]
-
         dummy, out, dummy = self.module.run_command(cmd, check_rc=True)
 
         pattern = r"Homebrew (.*)(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(-dirty)?"
         rematch = re.search(pattern, out)
         if not rematch:
             self.module.fail_json(msg="Failed to match regex to get brew version", stdout=out)
-        self.brew_version = rematch.groups()[1]
+
+        prefix, version, dummy = rematch.groups()
+        if ">=" in prefix:
+            version = "99.0.0"
+
+        self.brew_version = version
         return self.brew_version
 
     def _brew_cask_command_is_deprecated(self):