diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/win_certificate_store-excp.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/win_certificate_store-excp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d500e711ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/win_certificate_store-excp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- win_certificate_store - Fix exception handling typo
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_certificate_store.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_certificate_store.ps1
index 39af21bbb4e..faf0ad6ffdb 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_certificate_store.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_certificate_store.ps1
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Function New-CertFile($module, $cert, $path, $type, $password) {
             $module.FailJson("Failed to write cert to file, cert was null: $($_.Exception.Message)", $_)
         } catch [System.IO.IOException] {
             $module.FailJson("Failed to write cert to file due to IO Exception: $($_.Exception.Message)", $_)
-        } catch [System.UnauthorizedAccessException, System>Security.SecurityException] {
+        } catch [System.UnauthorizedAccessException, System.Security.SecurityException] {
             $module.FailJson("Failed to write cert to file due to permissions: $($_.Exception.Message)", $_)
         } catch {
             $module.FailJson("Failed to write cert to file: $($_.Exception.Message)", $_)