diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6983-rundeck-fix-typerrror-on-404-api-response.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6983-rundeck-fix-typerrror-on-404-api-response.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a530533a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6983-rundeck-fix-typerrror-on-404-api-response.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - rundeck - fix ``TypeError`` on 404 API response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6983).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py b/plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py
index 6fb56fbaea..7df68a3603 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/rundeck.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ def api_request(module, endpoint, data=None, method="GET"):
     if info["status"] == 403:
         module.fail_json(msg="Token authorization failed",
                          execution_info=json.loads(info["body"]))
-    if info["status"] == 409:
+    elif info["status"] == 404:
+        return None, info
+    elif info["status"] == 409:
         module.fail_json(msg="Job executions limit reached",
                          execution_info=json.loads(info["body"]))
     elif info["status"] >= 500: