From 7216e04139caa70deb0ec638a416dafadb30df63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sloane Hertel <19572925+s-hertel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:19:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecation warning caused by automatic role argument
 spec validation (#85401)

---
 .../fragments/fix-auto-role-spec-validation-deprecation.yml   | 2 ++
 lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py                         | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/fix-auto-role-spec-validation-deprecation.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix-auto-role-spec-validation-deprecation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/fix-auto-role-spec-validation-deprecation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61575b5065e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix-auto-role-spec-validation-deprecation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - Update automatic role argument spec validation to not use deprecated syntax (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85399).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
index 7a55b52563a..a86bcd9234a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ class Role(Base, Conditional, Taggable, CollectionSearch, Delegatable):
             task_name = task_name + ' - ' + argument_spec['short_description']
 
         return {
-            'action': {
-                'module': 'ansible.builtin.validate_argument_spec',
+            'action': 'ansible.builtin.validate_argument_spec',
+            'args': {
                 # Pass only the 'options' portion of the arg spec to the module.
                 'argument_spec': argument_spec.get('options', {}),
                 'provided_arguments': self._role_params,