diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/selective-core-2.11.yml b/changelogs/fragments/selective-core-2.11.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..994e555c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/selective-core-2.11.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "selective callback plugin - adjust import so that the plugin also works with ansible-core 2.11 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1807)."
diff --git a/plugins/callback/selective.py b/plugins/callback/selective.py
index 9521081e5a..2820957b80 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/selective.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/selective.py
@@ -41,7 +41,16 @@ import difflib
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
-from ansible.utils.color import codeCodes
+
+try:
+    codeCodes = C.COLOR_CODES
+except AttributeError:
+    # This constant was moved to ansible.constants in
+    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1202dd000f10b0e8959019484f1c3b3f9628fc67
+    # (will be included in ansible-core 2.11.0). For older Ansible/ansible-base versions,
+    # we include from the original location.
+    from ansible.utils.color import codeCodes
+
 
 DONT_COLORIZE = False
 COLORS = {