diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6827-proxmox_kvm-force-delete-bug-fix.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/6827-proxmox_kvm-force-delete-bug-fix.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24e012c513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6827-proxmox_kvm-force-delete-bug-fix.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py b/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
index 34827a8a8f..690ae5c750 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_kvm.py
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ def main():
             status['status'] = vm['status']
             if vm['status'] == 'running':
                 if module.params['force']:
-                    proxmox.stop_vm(vm, True)
+                    proxmox.stop_vm(vm, True, timeout=module.params['timeout'])
                 else:
                     module.exit_json(changed=False, vmid=vmid, msg="VM %s is running. Stop it before deletion or use force=true." % vmid)
             taskid = proxmox_node.qemu.delete(vmid)