diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/713-maven-timestamp-snapshot.yml b/changelogs/fragments/713-maven-timestamp-snapshot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b308bbcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/713-maven-timestamp-snapshot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "maven_artifact - handle timestamped snapshot version strings properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/709)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py b/plugins/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py
index edd7078b45..03c3d4d44f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ import shutil
 import io
 import tempfile
 import traceback
+import re
 
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from re import match
@@ -307,7 +308,11 @@ class Artifact(object):
     def path(self, with_version=True):
         base = posixpath.join(self.group_id.replace(".", "/"), self.artifact_id)
         if with_version and self.version:
-            base = posixpath.join(base, self.version)
+            timestamp_version_match = re.match("^(.*-)?([0-9]{8}\\.[0-9]{6}-[0-9]+)$", self.version)
+            if timestamp_version_match:
+                base = posixpath.join(base, timestamp_version_match.group(1) + "SNAPSHOT")
+            else:
+                base = posixpath.join(base, self.version)
         return base
 
     def _generate_filename(self):