diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5147-terraform-init-no-color.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5147-terraform-init-no-color.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f0e805ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5147-terraform-init-no-color.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - terraform - run ``terraform init`` with ``-no-color`` not to mess up the stdout of the task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5147).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
index c8b654eb12..e4da9cbbf0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/misc/terraform.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def _state_args(state_file):
 
 
 def init_plugins(bin_path, project_path, backend_config, backend_config_files, init_reconfigure, provider_upgrade, plugin_paths):
-    command = [bin_path, 'init', '-input=false']
+    command = [bin_path, 'init', '-input=false', '-no-color']
     if backend_config:
         for key, val in backend_config.items():
             command.extend([