diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/83327.yml b/changelogs/fragments/83327.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cdd448aa5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/83327.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - fixed unit test test_borken_cowsay to address mock not been properly applied when existing unix system already have cowsay installed.
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diff --git a/test/units/utils/display/test_broken_cowsay.py b/test/units/utils/display/test_broken_cowsay.py
index 854b78b89e3..50691c229b3 100644
--- a/test/units/utils/display/test_broken_cowsay.py
+++ b/test/units/utils/display/test_broken_cowsay.py
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
 
 def test_display_with_fake_cowsay_binary(capsys, mocker):
-    display = Display()
 
     mocker.patch("ansible.constants.ANSIBLE_COW_PATH", "./cowsay.sh")
-
     mock_popen = MagicMock()
     mock_popen.return_value.returncode = 1
     mocker.patch("subprocess.Popen", mock_popen)
+    display = Display()
 
     assert not hasattr(display, "cows_available")
     assert display.b_cowsay is None