diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20251228-1053-remove-deprecated-import.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/20251228-1053-remove-deprecated-import.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e5e4a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20251228-1053-remove-deprecated-import.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- Remove deprecated import from ``ansible.module_utils._text`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/1053).
diff --git a/plugins/action/k8s_info.py b/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
index f3429339..390e3264 100644
--- a/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
+++ b/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from ansible.errors import (
     AnsibleError,
     AnsibleFileNotFound,
 )
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 
diff --git a/plugins/connection/kubectl.py b/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
index 1f865cd0..bdb8311d 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/kubectl.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ import subprocess
 import tempfile
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFileNotFound
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 from ansible.parsing.yaml.loader import AnsibleLoader
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index 8bf92d64..1b9e873d 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import base64
 import os
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import Request
 
 try:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/copy.py b/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
index 0e19e17d..7f962856 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/copy.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 from select import select
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, TemporaryFile
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
 # from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.exceptions import (
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/runner.py b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/runner.py
index ade87d57..71d1c316 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/k8s/runner.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/k8s/runner.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from typing import Dict
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.client import (
     get_api_client,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
index b18ca556..2e26b54d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_cp.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ result:
 
 import copy
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_drain.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_drain.py
index 0f1c290b..63a73de3 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_drain.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_drain.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ import time
 import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_exec.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_exec.py
index 6fa58ba2..86ebe775 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_exec.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_exec.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # ImportError are managed by the common module already.
     pass
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_json_patch.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_json_patch.py
index decef21c..235c4693 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_json_patch.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_json_patch.py
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ error:
 import copy
 import traceback
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import missing_required_lib
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_scale.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_scale.py
index 6e7d8c44..71f9ce37 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_scale.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_scale.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ except ImportError:
     # Handled in module setup
     pass
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_taint.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_taint.py
index a7c0ae27..b0c0bd83 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_taint.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_taint.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ result:
 
 import copy
 
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.ansiblemodule import (
     AnsibleModule,
 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/conftest.py b/tests/unit/conftest.py
index 3e2d7abb..107283c9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/unit/conftest.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from io import BytesIO
 
 import ansible.module_utils.basic
 import pytest
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 
 
 @pytest.fixture