diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
index 4323bf87..de6b7c90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       source: "./source"
       cloud_common: "./cloudcommon"
       ansible_posix: "./ansible_posix"
+      community_general: "./community_general"
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           - true
           - false
         workflow-id: ${{ fromJson(needs.splitter.outputs.test_jobs) }}
-    name: "integration-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.ansible-version }}-${{ matrix.workflow-id }}"
+    name: "integration-py${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ matrix.ansible-version }}-${{ matrix.workflow-id }}-enable_turbo=${{ matrix.enable-turbo-mode }}"
     steps:
       - name: Read target
         id: read-targets
@@ -118,6 +119,13 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ env.ansible_posix }}
           ref: main
 
+      - name: checkout ansible-collections/community.general
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/checkout_dependency@main
+        with:
+          repository: ansible-collections/community.general
+          path: ${{ env.community_general }}
+          ref: main
+
       - name: install cloud.common collection
         uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
         with:
@@ -130,6 +138,12 @@ jobs:
           install_python_dependencies: true
           source_path: ${{ env.ansible_posix }}
 
+      - name: install community.general collection
+        uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/actions/build_install_collection@main
+        with:
+          install_python_dependencies: false
+          source_path: ${{ env.community_general }}
+
       - name: create kubernetes cluster
         uses: helm/kind-action@v1.8.0
         with:
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20250324-k8s_info-templating.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/20250324-k8s_info-templating.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bdb17b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20250324-k8s_info-templating.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - action/k8s_info - update templating mechanism with changes from ``ansible-core 2.19`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/888).
diff --git a/plugins/action/k8s_info.py b/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
index 650e0bea..9b20a854 100644
--- a/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
+++ b/plugins/action/k8s_info.py
@@ -25,30 +25,18 @@ from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems, string_types
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 
+try:
+    from ansible.template import trust_as_template
+except ImportError:
+    trust_as_template = None
 
-class RemoveOmit(object):
-    def __init__(self, buffer, omit_value):
-        try:
-            import yaml
-        except ImportError:
-            raise AnsibleError("Failed to import the required Python library (PyYAML).")
-        self.data = yaml.safe_load_all(buffer)
-        self.omit = omit_value
 
-    def remove_omit(self, data):
-        if isinstance(data, dict):
-            result = dict()
-            for key, value in iteritems(data):
-                if value == self.omit:
-                    continue
-                result[key] = self.remove_omit(value)
-            return result
-        if isinstance(data, list):
-            return [self.remove_omit(v) for v in data if v != self.omit]
-        return data
-
-    def output(self):
-        return [self.remove_omit(d) for d in self.data]
+def _from_yaml_to_definition(buffer):
+    try:
+        import yaml
+    except ImportError:
+        raise AnsibleError("Failed to import the required Python library (PyYAML).")
+    return list(yaml.safe_load_all(buffer))
 
 
 ENV_KUBECONFIG_PATH_SEPARATOR = ";" if platform.system() == "Windows" else ":"
@@ -207,7 +195,6 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
                 "'template' is only a supported parameter for the 'k8s' module."
             )
 
-        omit_value = task_vars.get("omit")
         template_params = []
         if isinstance(template, string_types) or isinstance(template, dict):
             template_params.append(self.get_template_args(template))
@@ -230,17 +217,18 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         old_vars = self._templar.available_variables
 
         default_environment = {}
-        for key in (
-            "newline_sequence",
-            "variable_start_string",
-            "variable_end_string",
-            "block_start_string",
-            "block_end_string",
-            "trim_blocks",
-            "lstrip_blocks",
-        ):
-            if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
-                default_environment[key] = getattr(self._templar.environment, key)
+        if trust_as_template is None:
+            for key in (
+                "newline_sequence",
+                "variable_start_string",
+                "variable_end_string",
+                "block_start_string",
+                "block_end_string",
+                "trim_blocks",
+                "lstrip_blocks",
+            ):
+                if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
+                    default_environment[key] = getattr(self._templar.environment, key)
         for template_item in template_params:
             # We need to convert unescaped sequences to proper escaped sequences for Jinja2
             newline_sequence = template_item["newline_sequence"]
@@ -257,26 +245,35 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             with self.get_template_data(template_item["path"]) as template_data:
                 # add ansible 'template' vars
                 temp_vars = copy.deepcopy(task_vars)
+                overrides = {}
                 for key, value in iteritems(template_item):
                     if hasattr(self._templar.environment, key):
                         if value is not None:
-                            setattr(self._templar.environment, key, value)
-                        else:
+                            overrides[key] = value
+                            if trust_as_template is None:
+                                setattr(self._templar.environment, key, value)
+                        elif trust_as_template is None:
                             setattr(
                                 self._templar.environment,
                                 key,
                                 default_environment.get(key),
                             )
                 self._templar.available_variables = temp_vars
-                result = self._templar.do_template(
-                    template_data,
-                    preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
-                    escape_backslashes=False,
-                )
-                if omit_value is not None:
-                    result_template.extend(RemoveOmit(result, omit_value).output())
+                if trust_as_template:
+                    template_data = trust_as_template(template_data)
+                    result = self._templar.template(
+                        template_data,
+                        preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
+                        escape_backslashes=False,
+                        overrides=overrides,
+                    )
                 else:
-                    result_template.append(result)
+                    result = self._templar.do_template(
+                        template_data,
+                        preserve_trailing_newlines=True,
+                        escape_backslashes=False,
+                    )
+                result_template.extend(_from_yaml_to_definition(result))
         self._templar.available_variables = old_vars
         resource_definition = self._task.args.get("definition", None)
         if not resource_definition:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_apply/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_apply/tasks/main.yml
index c759d7bc..fb5dc9b1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_apply/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_apply/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
       assert:
         that:
           - k8s_configmap is changed
-          - k8s_configmap.result.metadata.annotations|default(False)
+          - '"annotations" in k8s_configmap.result.metadata'
+          - k8s_configmap.result.metadata.annotations != {}
 
     - name: Add same configmap again
       k8s:
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@
       assert:
         that:
           - k8s_secret is changed
-          - k8s_secret.result.data.foo
+          - k8s_secret.result.data.foo != ""
 
     - name: Add same secret
       k8s:
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@
       assert:
         that:
           - _create is changed
-          - not _info.resources
+          - _info.resources | length == 0
 
     # server side apply over kubernetes client releases
     - name: Create temporary directory
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_delete/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_delete/tasks/main.yml
index d7b144cb..e92ab706 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_delete/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_delete/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     - name: Assert that there are pods
       assert:
         that:
-          - pods_create.resources
+          - pods_create.resources | length > 0
 
     - name: Remove the daemonset
       k8s:
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     - name: Assert that deleting the daemonset deleted the pods
       assert:
         that:
-          - not pods_delete.resources
+          - pods_delete.resources | length == 0
 
     # test deletion using label selector
     - name: Deploy load balancer
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_drain/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_drain/tasks/main.yml
index 5891011f..972fd902 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_drain/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_drain/tasks/main.yml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
       kind: Pod
       name: '{{ drain_pod_name }}'
     register: _result
-    failed_when: _result.resources
+    failed_when: _result.resources | length > 0
 
   - name: assert that emptyDir pod was deleted
     k8s_info:
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
       kind: Pod
       name: '{{ drain_pod_name }}-01'
     register: _result
-    failed_when: _result.resources
+    failed_when: _result.resources | length > 0
 
   # test: drain using pod_selectors
   - name: Uncordon node
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_full/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_full/tasks/main.yml
index 10abccfc..4a0a9fa9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_full/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_full/tasks/main.yml
@@ -394,9 +394,11 @@
       register: k8s_info_testing6
       failed_when: not k8s_info_testing6.resources or k8s_info_testing6.resources[0].status.phase != "Active"
 
-    - name: Create large configmap data
-      command: dd if=/dev/urandom bs=500K count=1
-      register: cmap_data
+    - name: Create a file with specific size and attributes, to be used as swap space
+      community.general.filesize:
+        path: /tmp/configmap.bin
+        size: 500K
+        source: /dev/urandom
 
     - name: Create configmap with large value
       k8s:
@@ -407,7 +409,7 @@
             name: testmap
             namespace: testing
           data:
-            testkey: "{{ cmap_data.stdout | b64encode }}"
+            testkey: "{{ lookup('file', '/tmp/configmap.bin') | b64encode }}"
         wait: true
       register: result
 
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@
 
     - assert:
         that:
-          - result.resources[0].data.testkey == "{{ cmap_data.stdout | b64encode }}"
+          - result.resources[0].data.testkey == (lookup('file', '/tmp/configmap.bin') | b64encode)
 
     # test setting module defaults for kubernetes.core.k8s_info
     - block:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_gc/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_gc/tasks/main.yml
index a2f60c8a..e8269f72 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_gc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_gc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         label_selectors:
           - "job=gc"
       register: wait_job
-      until: wait_job.resources
+      until: wait_job.resources | length > 0
       retries: 5
       delay: 10
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         label_selectors:
           - "job=gc"
       register: wait_job
-      until: wait_job.resources
+      until: wait_job.resources | length > 0
       retries: 5
       delay: 10
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         label_selectors:
           - "job=gc"
       register: wait_job
-      until: wait_job.resources
+      until: wait_job.resources | length > 0
       retries: 5
       delay: 10
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 
     - name: Assert job is deleted
       assert:
-        that: not job.resources
+        that: job.resources | length == 0
 
   always:
     - name: Delete namespace
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_json_patch/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_json_patch/tasks/main.yml
index 314f611b..7599dbe4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_json_patch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_json_patch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           - result.changed
           - result.result.metadata.labels.label2 == "bar"
           - result.result.spec.containers[0].image == "busybox:glibc"
-          - result.diff
+          - result.diff != {}
 
     - name: Describe pod
       kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml
index f5c79df5..bce2e79b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_scale/tasks/main.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         that:
           - scale_down is changed
           - '"duration" in scale_down'
-          - scale_down.diff
+          - scale_down.diff != {}
 
     - name: Scale the deployment once again (idempotency)
       k8s_scale:
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
       assert:
         that:
           - scale_down_no_wait is changed
-          - scale_down_no_wait.diff
+          - scale_down_no_wait.diff != {}
           - scale_down_no_wait_pods.resources | length == 1
 
     # scale multiple resource using label selectors
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_taint/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_taint/tasks/main.yml
index f1a99314..c1f49ffc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_taint/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_taint/tasks/main.yml
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
   - name: Assert that taints have been removed
     assert:
       that:
-      - _result.resources | selectattr('spec.taints', 'undefined')
+      - _result.resources | selectattr('spec.taints', 'undefined') | list | length > 0
 
   always:
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/tasks/main.yml
index 7aedecea..58432331 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       kubernetes.core.k8s_service:
         template: "pod_one.j2"
         state: present
-      ignore_errors: yes
+      ignore_errors: true
       register: r
 
     - name: Check for expected failures in last tasks
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         k8s_pod_name_one: pod
         k8s_pod_namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
       register: r
-      ignore_errors: yes
+      ignore_errors: true
 
     - name: Check if definition and template are mutually exclusive
       assert:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         k8s_pod_name_one: pod
         k8s_pod_namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
       register: r
-      ignore_errors: yes
+      ignore_errors: true
 
     - name: Check if src and template are mutually exclusive
       assert:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     - name: Create pod using template (direct specification)
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
         template: "pod_one.j2"
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
         wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
       vars:
         k8s_pod_name_one: pod-1
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
         template:
           - default
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
         wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
       vars:
         k8s_pod_name_one: pod-2
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
         template:
           path: "pod_one.j2"
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
         wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
       vars:
         k8s_pod_name_one: pod-3
@@ -114,12 +114,11 @@
           path: "pod_two.j2"
           variable_start_string: '[['
           variable_end_string: ']]'
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
         wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
       vars:
         k8s_pod_name_two: pod-4
-        k8s_pod_namespace: "[[ template_namespace ]]"
-        ansible_python_interpreter: "[[ ansible_playbook_python ]]"
+        k8s_pod_namespace: "template-test"
       register: r
 
     - name: Assert that pod creation succeeded using template
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
         template:
           path: "pod_three.j2"
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
         wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
       vars:
         k8s_pod_name_three_one: pod-5
@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@
             variable_start_string: '[['
             variable_end_string: ']]'
           - path: "pod_three.j2"
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
         wait_timeout: "{{ k8s_wait_timeout | default(omit) }}"
       vars:
         k8s_pod_name_one: pod-7
@@ -239,63 +238,6 @@
           - resource.result.results | selectattr('changed') | list | length == 1
           - resource.result.results | selectattr('error', 'defined') | list | length == 1
 
-    # Test resource definition using template with 'omit'
-    - name: Deploy configmap using template
-      k8s:
-        namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
-        name: test-data
-        template: configmap.yml.j2
-
-    - name: Read configmap created
-      k8s_info:
-        kind: configmap
-        namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
-        name: test-data
-      register: _configmap
-
-    - name: Validate that the configmap does not contains annotations
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - '"annotations" not in _configmap.resources.0.metadata'
-
-    - name: Create resource once again
-      k8s:
-        namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
-        name: test-data
-        template: configmap.yml.j2
-      register: _configmap
-
-    - name: assert that nothing changed
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - _configmap is not changed
-
-    - name: Create resource once again (using description)
-      k8s:
-        namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
-        name: test-data
-        template: configmap.yml.j2
-      register: _configmap
-      vars:
-        k8s_configmap_desc: "This is a simple configmap used to test ansible k8s collection"
-
-    - name: assert that configmap was changed
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - _configmap is changed
-
-    - name: Read configmap created
-      k8s_info:
-        kind: configmap
-        namespace: "{{ template_namespace }}"
-        name: test-data
-      register: _configmap
-
-    - name: Validate that the configmap does not contains annotations
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - _configmap.resources.0.metadata.annotations.description == "This is a simple configmap used to test ansible k8s collection"
-
   always:
     - name: Remove namespace (Cleanup)
       kubernetes.core.k8s:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/templates/configmap.yml.j2 b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/templates/configmap.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index bdca2e0b..00000000
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_template/templates/configmap.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-    annotations:
-        description: "{{ k8s_configmap_desc | default(omit) }}"
-data:
-    key: "testing-template"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_k8s/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_k8s/tasks/main.yml
index 63723b1d..ee14a31f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/lookup_k8s/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/lookup_k8s/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
           # Without wantlist=True lookup should return mapping
           - test5 is mapping
           - test6 is mapping
-          # errors='ignore'
-          - test7 is string
+          # errors='ignore' (return null with ansible-core 2.19)
+          - test7 is string or not test7
           - test8 is not defined
 
     - name: Create another namespace with label
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/setup_namespace/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/setup_namespace/tasks/main.yml
index 032444e1..18c46bf9 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/setup_namespace/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/setup_namespace/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,17 @@
     namespace_to_create: "{{ item.name | default(item) }}"
     namespace_labels: "{{ item.labels | default(omit) }}"
   with_items: "{{ test_namespace }}"
-  when: test_namespace | type_debug == "list"
+  when:
+    - test_namespace is not string
+    - test_namespace is not mapping
+    - test_namespace is iterable
 
 - include_tasks: tasks/create.yml
   vars:
     namespace_to_create: "{{ test_namespace }}"
     namespace_labels: "{{ test_namespace_labels | default(omit) }}"
-  when: test_namespace | type_debug == "AnsibleUnicode"
+  when:
+    - test_namespace is string
+    - test_namespace is iterable
+    - test_namespace is sequence
+    - test_namespace is not mapping
diff --git a/tests/unit/action/test_remove_omit.py b/tests/unit/action/test_remove_omit.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e8206a44..00000000
--- a/tests/unit/action/test_remove_omit.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright: (c) 2022, Ansible Project
-# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
-
-from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
-
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-from datetime import datetime
-
-from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.action.k8s_info import RemoveOmit
-
-
-def get_omit_token():
-    return "__omit_place_holder__%s" % datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
-
-
-def test_remove_omit_from_str():
-    omit_token = get_omit_token()
-    src = """
-        project: ansible
-        collection: {omit}
-    """.format(
-        omit=omit_token
-    )
-    result = RemoveOmit(src, omit_value=omit_token).output()
-    assert len(result) == 1
-    assert result[0] == dict(project="ansible")
-
-
-def test_remove_omit_from_list():
-    omit_token = get_omit_token()
-    src = """
-        items:
-          - {omit}
-    """.format(
-        omit=omit_token
-    )
-    result = RemoveOmit(src, omit_value=omit_token).output()
-    assert len(result) == 1
-    assert result[0] == dict(items=[])
-
-
-def test_remove_omit_from_list_of_dict():
-    omit_token = get_omit_token()
-    src = """
-        items:
-          - owner: ansible
-            team: {omit}
-          - simple_list_item
-    """.format(
-        omit=omit_token
-    )
-    result = RemoveOmit(src, omit_value=omit_token).output()
-    assert len(result) == 1
-    assert result[0] == dict(items=[dict(owner="ansible"), "simple_list_item"])
-
-
-def test_remove_omit_combined():
-    omit_token = get_omit_token()
-    src = """
-        items:
-          - {omit}
-          - list_item_a
-          - list_item_b
-        parent:
-          child:
-            subchilda: {omit}
-            subchildb:
-                name: {omit}
-                age: 3
-    """.format(
-        omit=omit_token
-    )
-    result = RemoveOmit(src, omit_value=omit_token).output()
-    assert len(result) == 1
-    assert result[0] == dict(
-        items=["list_item_a", "list_item_b"],
-        parent=dict(child=dict(subchildb=dict(age=3))),
-    )
-
-
-def test_remove_omit_mutiple_documents():
-    omit_token = get_omit_token()
-    src = [
-        """
-    project: ansible
-    collection: {omit}
-    """.format(
-            omit=omit_token
-        ),
-        "---",
-        """
-    project: kubernetes
-    environment: production
-    collection: {omit}""".format(
-            omit=omit_token
-        ),
-    ]
-    src = "\n".join(src)
-    print(src)
-    result = RemoveOmit(src, omit_value=omit_token).output()
-    assert len(result) == 2
-    assert result[0] == dict(project="ansible")
-    assert result[1] == dict(project="kubernetes", environment="production")