diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6785-openbsd_pkg_pkg_info_handling.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6785-openbsd_pkg_pkg_info_handling.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..081411a602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6785-openbsd_pkg_pkg_info_handling.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py b/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
index 2baea828ab..a739d47829 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
@@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ def get_package_state(names, pkg_spec, module):
         rc, stdout, stderr = execute_command(command, module)
 
         if stderr:
-            module.fail_json(msg="failed in get_package_state(): " + stderr)
+            match = re.search(r"^Can't find inst:%s$" % re.escape(name), stderr)
+            if match:
+                pkg_spec[name]['installed_state'] = False
+            else:
+                module.fail_json(msg="failed in get_package_state(): " + stderr)
 
         if stdout:
             # If the requested package name is just a stem, like "python", we may