diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pep8-e203.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pep8-e203.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cba17b1107
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pep8-e203.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - The ``pep8`` sanity test rule ``E203`` is now disabled since it is not PEP 8 compliant.
+                   This provides compatibility with output generated by the ``black`` code formatter.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt
index 659c7f59e76..4d1de69240f 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/pep8/current-ignore.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ E402
 W503
 W504
 E741
+
+# The E203 rule is not PEP 8 compliant.
+# Unfortunately this means it also conflicts with the output from `black`.
+# See: https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/373
+E203
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index fddae007e3a..577e59d0c8b 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ test/support/integration/plugins/module_utils/network/common/utils.py pylint:use
 test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/module_utils/network/netconf/netconf.py pylint:used-before-assignment
 test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/filter/network.py pylint:consider-using-dict-comprehension
 test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py no-unicode-literals
-test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/module_utils/compat/ipaddress.py pep8:E203
 test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/module_utils/network/common/facts/facts.py pylint:unnecessary-comprehension
 test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/module_utils/network/common/utils.py pylint:use-a-generator
 test/support/network-integration/collections/ansible_collections/ansible/netcommon/plugins/netconf/default.py pylint:unnecessary-comprehension