diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6676-rhsm_repository-fix-returned-repositories-with-purge.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6676-rhsm_repository-fix-returned-repositories-with-purge.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec2dd38575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6676-rhsm_repository-fix-returned-repositories-with-purge.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - |
+    rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
+    dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
+    to the pruning operation
+    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/rhsm_repository.py b/plugins/modules/rhsm_repository.py
index c7f88b03ef..151d0e8810 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/rhsm_repository.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/rhsm_repository.py
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ def repository_modify(module, state, name, purge=False):
                 diff_after.join("Repository '{repoid}' is disabled for this system\n".format(repoid=repoid))
                 results.append("Repository '{repoid}' is disabled for this system".format(repoid=repoid))
                 rhsm_arguments.extend(['--disable', repoid])
+            for updated_repo in updated_repo_list:
+                if updated_repo['id'] in difference:
+                    updated_repo['enabled'] = False
 
     diff = {'before': diff_before,
             'after': diff_after,