diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/jinja2-__version__-deprecated.yml b/changelogs/fragments/jinja2-__version__-deprecated.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3c84d7baee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/jinja2-__version__-deprecated.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "Use ``importlib.metadata.version()`` to detect Jinja version as jinja2.__version__ is deprecated and will be removed in Jinja 3.3."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/__init__.py
index e2fd19558fc..0fe0a555d73 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/_internal/_templating/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from jinja2 import __version__ as _jinja2_version
+import importlib.metadata
+
+jinja2_version = importlib.metadata.version('jinja2')
 
 # DTFIX-FUTURE: sanity test to ensure this doesn't drift from requirements
 _MINIMUM_JINJA_VERSION = (3, 1)
-_CURRENT_JINJA_VERSION = tuple(map(int, _jinja2_version.split('.', maxsplit=2)[:2]))
+_CURRENT_JINJA_VERSION = tuple(map(int, jinja2_version.split('.', maxsplit=2)[:2]))
 
 if _CURRENT_JINJA_VERSION < _MINIMUM_JINJA_VERSION:
-    raise RuntimeError(f'Jinja version {".".join(map(str, _MINIMUM_JINJA_VERSION))} or higher is required (current version {_jinja2_version}).')
+    raise RuntimeError(f'Jinja version {".".join(map(str, _MINIMUM_JINJA_VERSION))} or higher is required (current version {jinja2_version}).')
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py b/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py
index c5bfdff903b..cb1762c2fc2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/arguments/option_helpers.py
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ import typing as t
 
 import yaml
 
-from jinja2 import __version__ as j2_version
-
 import ansible
 from ansible import constants as C
+from ansible._internal import _templating
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.common.yaml import HAS_LIBYAML, yaml_load
 from ansible.release import __version__
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ def version(prog=None):
     result.append("  ansible collection location = %s" % ':'.join(C.COLLECTIONS_PATHS))
     result.append("  executable location = %s" % sys.argv[0])
     result.append("  python version = %s (%s)" % (''.join(sys.version.splitlines()), to_native(sys.executable)))
-    result.append("  jinja version = %s" % j2_version)
+    result.append(f"  jinja version = {_templating.jinja2_version}")
     result.append(f"  pyyaml version = {yaml.__version__} ({libyaml_fragment})")
 
     return "\n".join(result)