diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10178-update-minimum-version-number-to-avoid-wrong-comparisons-cobbler-xmlrpc.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10178-update-minimum-version-number-to-avoid-wrong-comparisons-cobbler-xmlrpc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5ffdadfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10178-update-minimum-version-number-to-avoid-wrong-comparisons-cobbler-xmlrpc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - cobbler_system - update minimum version number to avoid wrong comparisons that happen in some cases using LooseVersion class which results in TypeError (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/8506, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10145, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10178).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py b/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py
index 207d4c6d40..83714dbc69 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cobbler_system.py
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.datetime import
 )
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
-
 IFPROPS_MAPPING = dict(
     bondingopts='bonding_opts',
     bridgeopts='bridge_opts',
@@ -280,8 +279,8 @@ def main():
 
         if system:
             # Update existing entry
-            system_id = None
-            if LooseVersion(str(conn.version())) >= LooseVersion('3.4.0'):
+            system_id = ''
+            if LooseVersion(str(conn.version())) >= LooseVersion('3.4'):
                 system_id = conn.get_system_handle(name)
             else:
                 system_id = conn.get_system_handle(name, token)