diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/10752-selective-hardcoded-loop-var.yml b/changelogs/fragments/10752-selective-hardcoded-loop-var.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfc6bdd9e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/10752-selective-hardcoded-loop-var.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - selective callback plugin - specify ``ansible_loop_var`` instead of the explicit value ``item`` when printing task result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/10752).
diff --git a/plugins/callback/selective.py b/plugins/callback/selective.py
index 53d40671bc..4989874d26 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/selective.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/selective.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
                     stderr = [r.get('exception', None), r.get('module_stderr', None)]
                     stderr = "\n".join([e for e in stderr if e]).strip()
 
-                    self._print_host_or_item(r['item'],
+                    self._print_host_or_item(r[r['ansible_loop_var']],
                                              r.get('changed', False),
                                              to_text(r.get('msg', '')),
                                              r.get('diff', None),