diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6149-openbsd_pkg-term.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6149-openbsd_pkg-term.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5fe1e5a6db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6149-openbsd_pkg-term.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - openbsd_pkg - set ``TERM`` to ``'dumb'`` in ``execute_command()`` to make module less dependant on the ``TERM`` environment variable set on the Ansible controller (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6149).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py b/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
index 62a662c3c4..2baea828ab 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/openbsd_pkg.py
@@ -152,7 +152,11 @@ def execute_command(cmd, module):
     # This makes run_command() use shell=False which we need to not cause shell
     # expansion of special characters like '*'.
     cmd_args = shlex.split(cmd)
-    return module.run_command(cmd_args)
+
+    # We set TERM to 'dumb' to keep pkg_add happy if the machine running
+    # ansible is using a TERM that the managed machine does not know about,
+    # e.g.: "No progress meter: failed termcap lookup on xterm-kitty".
+    return module.run_command(cmd_args, environ_update={'TERM': 'dumb'})
 
 
 # Function used to find out if a package is currently installed.