diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/enhancement-518-text-converter-import.yml b/changelogs/fragments/enhancement-518-text-converter-import.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..691a57273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/enhancement-518-text-converter-import.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - Updated the text converter import from "from ansible.module_utils._text" to "from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters" to remove warning ".. warn:: Use ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters instead.".
+  
diff --git a/plugins/action/zos_fetch.py b/plugins/action/zos_fetch.py
index 4423a2985..dd2172fc8 100644
--- a/plugins/action/zos_fetch.py
+++ b/plugins/action/zos_fetch.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 import re
 
 from hashlib import sha256
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+# from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
diff --git a/plugins/action/zos_job_submit.py b/plugins/action/zos_job_submit.py
index 7e7c9833f..6dcadad05 100644
--- a/plugins/action/zos_job_submit.py
+++ b/plugins/action/zos_job_submit.py
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFileNotFound
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+# from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
 import os
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/data_set.py b/plugins/module_utils/data_set.py
index 24d6d5500..8cd7199f8 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/data_set.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/data_set.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 from os import path, walk
 from string import ascii_uppercase, digits
 from random import randint
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+# from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible_collections.ibm.ibm_zos_core.plugins.module_utils.ansible_module import (
     AnsibleModuleHelper,
 )
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/system.py b/plugins/module_utils/system.py
index 5bb5fed20..90b9d1013 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/system.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/system.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 from sys import platform as SYS_PLATFORM
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type, text_type, PY2, PY3
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes
+# from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
 from shlex import split
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/modules/zos_copy.py b/plugins/modules/zos_copy.py
index f984e9195..1ae04cc7d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/zos_copy.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/zos_copy.py
@@ -664,7 +664,8 @@
 from ansible_collections.ibm.ibm_zos_core.plugins.module_utils.ansible_module import (
     AnsibleModuleHelper,
 )
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+# from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
 from re import IGNORECASE
diff --git a/plugins/modules/zos_fetch.py b/plugins/modules/zos_fetch.py
index a930e3458..dd43310b9 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/zos_fetch.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/zos_fetch.py
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@
 from math import ceil
 from shutil import rmtree
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+# from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
 from ansible_collections.ibm.ibm_zos_core.plugins.module_utils import (
     better_arg_parser,