diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6180-replace-deprecated-badzipfile.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6180-replace-deprecated-badzipfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e0916a8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6180-replace-deprecated-badzipfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "archive - avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6180)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/files/archive.py b/plugins/modules/files/archive.py
index 83eae34f56..5aaab4e0d0 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/files/archive.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/files/archive.py
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
 from ansible.module_utils import six
 
+try:  # python 3.2+
+    from zipfile import BadZipFile  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+except ImportError:  # older python
+    from zipfile import BadZipfile as BadZipFile
 
 LZMA_IMP_ERR = None
 if six.PY3:
@@ -527,7 +531,7 @@ class ZipArchive(Archive):
             archive = zipfile.ZipFile(_to_native_ascii(path), 'r')
             checksums = set((info.filename, info.CRC) for info in archive.infolist())
             archive.close()
-        except zipfile.BadZipfile:
+        except BadZipFile:
             checksums = set()
         return checksums