diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10751-kdeconfig-support-kwriteconfig6.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10751-kdeconfig-support-kwriteconfig6.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..716ffa35f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10751-kdeconfig-support-kwriteconfig6.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - kdeconfig - ``kwriteconfig`` executable could not be discovered automatically on systems with only ``kwriteconfig6`` installed.
+    ``kwriteconfig6`` can now be discovered by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/10746, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10751).
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diff --git a/plugins/modules/kdeconfig.py b/plugins/modules/kdeconfig.py
index 4cc0fcf166..75b7f3acea 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/kdeconfig.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/kdeconfig.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def main():
     if module.params['kwriteconfig_path'] is not None:
         kwriteconfig = module.get_bin_path(module.params['kwriteconfig_path'], required=True)
     else:
-        for progname in ('kwriteconfig5', 'kwriteconfig', 'kwriteconfig4'):
+        for progname in ('kwriteconfig6', 'kwriteconfig5', 'kwriteconfig', 'kwriteconfig4'):
             kwriteconfig = module.get_bin_path(progname)
             if kwriteconfig is not None:
                 break