diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8257-ssh-config-hostkey-support-accept-new.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/8257-ssh-config-hostkey-support-accept-new.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca1d61aefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8257-ssh-config-hostkey-support-accept-new.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ssh_config - allow ``accept-new`` as valid value for ``strict_host_key_checking`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8257).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/ssh_config.py b/plugins/modules/ssh_config.py
index e89e087b39..d974f45373 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ssh_config.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ssh_config.py
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ options:
   strict_host_key_checking:
     description:
       - Whether to strictly check the host key when doing connections to the remote host.
-    choices: [ 'yes', 'no', 'ask' ]
+      - The value V(accept-new) is supported since community.general 8.6.0.
+    choices: [ 'yes', 'no', 'ask', 'accept-new' ]
     type: str
   proxycommand:
     description:
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ def main():
             strict_host_key_checking=dict(
                 type='str',
                 default=None,
-                choices=['yes', 'no', 'ask']
+                choices=['yes', 'no', 'ask', 'accept-new'],
             ),
             controlmaster=dict(type='str', default=None, choices=['yes', 'no', 'ask', 'auto', 'autoask']),
             controlpath=dict(type='str', default=None),