diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10526-easy-install-cmd-list.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10526-easy-install-cmd-list.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fa6717adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10526-easy-install-cmd-list.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - easy_install - using safer mechanism to run external command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10526).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/easy_install.py b/plugins/modules/easy_install.py
index 8d0a39333e..3eb56ecd11 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/easy_install.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/easy_install.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 
 def install_package(module, name, easy_install, executable_arguments):
-    cmd = '%s %s %s' % (easy_install, ' '.join(executable_arguments), name)
+    cmd = [easy_install] + executable_arguments + [name]
     rc, out, err = module.run_command(cmd)
     return rc, out, err