diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5994-github-webhook-secret.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5994-github-webhook-secret.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..700703840c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/5994-github-webhook-secret.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - github_webhook - fix always changed state when no secret is provided (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5994).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/modules/source_control/github/github_webhook.py b/plugins/modules/source_control/github/github_webhook.py
index b97087d221..f1f11ce10c 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/source_control/github/github_webhook.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/source_control/github/github_webhook.py
@@ -154,13 +154,18 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
 
 def _create_hook_config(module):
-    return {
+    hook_config = {
         "url": module.params["url"],
         "content_type": module.params["content_type"],
-        "secret": module.params.get("secret"),
         "insecure_ssl": "1" if module.params["insecure_ssl"] else "0"
     }
 
+    secret = module.params.get("secret")
+    if secret:
+        hook_config["secret"] = secret
+
+    return hook_config
+
 
 def create_hook(repo, module):
     config = _create_hook_config(module)