diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1991-proxmox-inventory-fix-template-in-pool.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1991-proxmox-inventory-fix-template-in-pool.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90a438dddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1991-proxmox-inventory-fix-template-in-pool.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - proxmox inventory - exclude qemu templates from inclusion to the inventory via pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1986, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1991).
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
index 428e58a703..59f608c762 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
 
                 for member in self._get_members_per_pool(pool['poolid']):
                     if member.get('name'):
-                        self.inventory.add_child(pool_group, member['name'])
+                        if not member.get('template'):
+                            self.inventory.add_child(pool_group, member['name'])
 
     def parse(self, inventory, loader, path, cache=True):
         if not HAS_REQUESTS: