diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/require-fqcn-redirects.yml b/changelogs/fragments/require-fqcn-redirects.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9297679dae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/require-fqcn-redirects.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Error for collection redirects that do not use fully qualified collection names, as the redirect would be determined by the ``collections`` keyword.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
index 2e343d0b2e6..f61e42a0a88 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/loader.py
@@ -502,6 +502,13 @@ class PluginLoader:
             redirect = routing_metadata.get('redirect', None)
 
             if redirect:
+                # Prevent mystery redirects that would be determined by the collections keyword
+                if not AnsibleCollectionRef.is_valid_fqcr(redirect):
+                    raise AnsibleError(
+                        f"Collection {acr.collection} contains invalid redirect for {fq_name}: {redirect}. "
+                        "Redirects must use fully qualified collection names."
+                    )
+
                 # FIXME: remove once this is covered in debug or whatever
                 display.vv("redirecting (type: {0}) {1} to {2}".format(plugin_type, fq_name, redirect))
                 # The name doing the redirection is added at the beginning of _resolve_plugin_step,
@@ -1171,6 +1178,12 @@ class Jinja2Loader(PluginLoader):
             # check redirects
             redirect = routing_entry.get('redirect', None)
             if redirect:
+                if not AnsibleCollectionRef.is_valid_fqcr(redirect):
+                    raise AnsibleError(
+                        f"Collection {acr.collection} contains invalid redirect for {acr.collection}.{acr.resource}: {redirect}. "
+                        "Redirects must use fully qualified collection names."
+                    )
+
                 next_key, leaf_key = get_fqcr_and_name(redirect, collection=acr.collection)
                 display.vvv('redirecting (type: {0}) {1}.{2} to {3}'.format(self.type, acr.collection, acr.resource, next_key))
                 key = next_key
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/collections/collection_root_user/ansible_collections/testns/testredirect/meta/runtime.yml b/test/integration/targets/collections/collection_root_user/ansible_collections/testns/testredirect/meta/runtime.yml
index 2dcf456e17f..bb4bd6d580f 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/collections/collection_root_user/ansible_collections/testns/testredirect/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/collections/collection_root_user/ansible_collections/testns/testredirect/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugin_routing:
       deprecation:
         warning_text: deprecation1
     redirect_filter1:
-      redirect: redirect_filter2
+      redirect: testns.testredirect.redirect_filter2
       deprecation:
         warning_text: deprecation2
     redirect_filter2:
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ plugin_routing:
       deprecation:
         warning_text: deprecation3
     dead_end:
-      redirect: bad_redirect
+      redirect: testns.testredirect.bad_redirect
     recursive_redirect:
-      redirect: recursive_redirect
+      redirect: testns.testredirect.recursive_redirect
+    invalid_redirect:
+      redirect: contextual_redirect
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/collections/test_collection_meta.yml b/test/integration/targets/collections/test_collection_meta.yml
index db1b1bbe2ab..e4c4d30d384 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/collections/test_collection_meta.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/collections/test_collection_meta.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
       that:
         - redirect_failure is failed
         - '"recursive collection redirect found for ''testns.testredirect.recursive_redirect''" in redirect_failure.msg'
+  # invalid filter redirect
+  - debug: msg="{{ 'data' | testns.testredirect.invalid_redirect }}"
+    ignore_errors: yes
+    register: redirect_failure
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - redirect_failure is failed
+        - error in redirect_failure.msg
+    vars:
+      error: "Collection testns.testredirect contains invalid redirect for testns.testredirect.invalid_redirect: contextual_redirect"
   # legacy filter should mask redirected
   - assert:
       that: ('' | formerly_core_masked_filter) == 'hello from overridden formerly_core_masked_filter'