diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/108--disable_lookups.yml b/changelogs/fragments/108--disable_lookups.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79739bdcf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/108--disable_lookups.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "proxmox inventory plugin - avoid using deprecated option when templating options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.proxmox/pull/108, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10553)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/151-connection-paramiko.yml b/changelogs/fragments/151-connection-paramiko.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d2299abe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/151-connection-paramiko.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "proxmox_pct_remote connection plugin - avoid deprecated ansible-core paramiko import helper, import paramiko directly instead
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.proxmox/issues/146, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.proxmox/pull/151, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10553)."
diff --git a/plugins/connection/proxmox_pct_remote.py b/plugins/connection/proxmox_pct_remote.py
index c46090083e..d01c28cdb0 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/proxmox_pct_remote.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/proxmox_pct_remote.py
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ import os
 import pathlib
 import socket
 import tempfile
+import traceback
 import typing as t
 
 from ansible.errors import (
@@ -406,14 +407,20 @@ from ansible.errors import (
     AnsibleError,
 )
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils._filelock import FileLock, LockTimeout
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.compat.paramiko import PARAMIKO_IMPORT_ERR, paramiko
-from ansible.module_utils.compat.version import LooseVersion
 from ansible.plugins.connection import ConnectionBase
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.path import makedirs_safe
 from binascii import hexlify
 
+try:
+    import paramiko
+    PARAMIKO_IMPORT_ERR = None
+except ImportError:
+    paramiko = None
+    PARAMIKO_IMPORT_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
+
 
 display = Display()
 
@@ -513,7 +520,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     def _connect(self) -> Connection:
         """ activates the connection object """
 
-        if paramiko is None:
+        if PARAMIKO_IMPORT_ERR is not None:
             raise AnsibleError(f'paramiko is not installed: {to_native(PARAMIKO_IMPORT_ERR)}')
 
         port = self.get_option('port')
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
index b334b0f6ba..feeaefda0b 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         for o in ('url', 'user', 'password', 'token_id', 'token_secret'):
             v = self.get_option(o)
             if self.templar.is_template(v):
-                v = self.templar.template(v, disable_lookups=False)
+                v = self.templar.template(v)
             setattr(self, f'proxmox_{o}', v)
 
         # some more cleanup and validation
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_proxmox_pct_remote.py b/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_proxmox_pct_remote.py
index 751bd40da7..21868729cf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_proxmox_pct_remote.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/connection/test_proxmox_pct_remote.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.connection.proxmox_pct_remote
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils._filelock import FileLock, LockTimeout
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleAuthenticationFailure, AnsibleConnectionFailure
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
-from ansible.module_utils.compat.paramiko import paramiko
 from ansible.playbook.play_context import PlayContext
 from ansible.plugins.loader import connection_loader
 from io import StringIO
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, mock_open
 
 
-pytest.importorskip('paramiko')
+paramiko = pytest.importorskip('paramiko')
 
 
 @pytest.fixture