diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-cgroup-split.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-cgroup-split.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9dec0cf5cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-cgroup-split.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-test - Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a ``:`` in the path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977).
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cgroup.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cgroup.py
index a08513a55a1..c9da2465625 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cgroup.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/cgroup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class CGroupEntry:
     @classmethod
     def parse(cls, value: str) -> CGroupEntry:
         """Parse the given cgroup line from the proc filesystem and return a cgroup entry."""
-        cid, subsystem, path = value.split(':')
+        cid, subsystem, path = value.split(':', maxsplit=2)
 
         return cls(
             id=int(cid),