diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/eos_vrf_failure-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/eos_vrf_failure-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2e0fbc5fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/eos_vrf_failure-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - Changed the output to "text" for "show vrf" command as default "json" output format
+    with respect to "eapi" transport was failing (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41470)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_vrf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_vrf.py
index c773355c3ae..d8c4da85bd7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_vrf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_vrf.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def map_obj_to_commands(updates, module):
 
 def map_config_to_obj(module):
     objs = []
-    output = run_commands(module, ['show vrf'])
+    output = run_commands(module, {'command': 'show vrf', 'output': 'text'})
 
     lines = output[0].strip().splitlines()[3:]