diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/8048-fix-homebrew-module-error-reporting-on-become-true.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/8048-fix-homebrew-module-error-reporting-on-become-true.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9954be302a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/8048-fix-homebrew-module-error-reporting-on-become-true.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - homebrew - error returned from brew command was ignored and tried to parse empty JSON. Fix now checks for an error and raises it to give accurate error message to users (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8047).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/homebrew.py b/plugins/modules/homebrew.py
index 117b8d422f..5d471797a7 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/homebrew.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/homebrew.py
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ class Homebrew(object):
             self.current_package,
         ]
         rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(cmd)
+        if err:
+            self.failed = True
+            self.message = err.strip()
+            raise HomebrewException(self.message)
         data = json.loads(out)
 
         return _check_package_in_json(data, "formulae") or _check_package_in_json(data, "casks")