diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/manager.py b/lib/ansible/config/manager.py
index e4e7b6a8e95..4bbd9cbf9d0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/manager.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
 from jinja2.nativetypes import NativeEnvironment
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleOptionsError, AnsibleError, AnsibleRequiredOptionError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text, to_bytes, to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.common.yaml import yaml_load
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
@@ -232,15 +233,13 @@ def find_ini_config_file(warnings=None):
         # Note: In this case, warnings does nothing
         warnings = set()
 
-    # A value that can never be a valid path so that we can tell if ANSIBLE_CONFIG was set later
-    # We can't use None because we could set path to None.
-    SENTINEL = object
-
     potential_paths = []
 
+    # A value that can never be a valid path so that we can tell if ANSIBLE_CONFIG was set later
+    # We can't use None because we could set path to None.
     # Environment setting
-    path_from_env = os.getenv("ANSIBLE_CONFIG", SENTINEL)
-    if path_from_env is not SENTINEL:
+    path_from_env = os.getenv("ANSIBLE_CONFIG", Sentinel)
+    if path_from_env is not Sentinel:
         path_from_env = unfrackpath(path_from_env, follow=False)
         if os.path.isdir(to_bytes(path_from_env)):
             path_from_env = os.path.join(path_from_env, "ansible.cfg")
diff --git a/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/__init__.py
index b2c83ee8c30..829f7aa19d2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/__init__.py
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ from ansible.galaxy.dependency_resolution.dataclasses import (
 from ansible.galaxy.dependency_resolution.versioning import meets_requirements
 from ansible.plugins.loader import get_all_plugin_loaders
 from ansible.module_utils.common.file import S_IRWU_RG_RO, S_IRWXU_RXG_RXO, S_IXANY
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_sequence
 from ansible.module_utils.common.yaml import yaml_dump
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionRef
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.hashing import secure_hash, secure_hash_s
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 display = Display()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/concrete_artifact_manager.py b/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/concrete_artifact_manager.py
index 06c1cf6f93b..7ff6b31a10e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/concrete_artifact_manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/galaxy/collection/concrete_artifact_manager.py
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_
 from ansible.module_utils.api import retry_with_delays_and_condition
 from ansible.module_utils.api import generate_jittered_backoff
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.yaml import yaml_load
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 import yaml
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/galaxy/token.py b/lib/ansible/galaxy/token.py
index 573d1b3a56c..eb06a34181f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/galaxy/token.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/galaxy/token.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.galaxy.api import GalaxyError
 from ansible.galaxy.user_agent import user_agent
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel as NoTokenSentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.yaml import yaml_dump, yaml_load
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
@@ -38,12 +39,6 @@ from ansible.utils.display import Display
 display = Display()
 
 
-class NoTokenSentinel(object):
-    """ Represents an ansible.cfg server with not token defined (will ignore cmdline and GALAXY_TOKEN_PATH. """
-    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-        return cls
-
-
 class KeycloakToken(object):
     '''A token granted by a Keycloak server.
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/sentinel.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/sentinel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fdbf4ce318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/sentinel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+class Sentinel:
+    """
+    Object which can be used to mark whether an entry as being special
+
+    A sentinel value demarcates a value or marks an entry as having a special meaning.  In C, the
+    Null byte is used as a sentinel for the end of a string.  In Python, None is often used as
+    a Sentinel in optional parameters to mean that the parameter was not set by the user.
+
+    You should use None as a Sentinel value any Python code where None is not a valid entry.  If
+    None is a valid entry, though, then you need to create a different value, which is the purpose
+    of this class.
+
+    Example of using Sentinel as a default parameter value::
+
+        def confirm_big_red_button(tristate=Sentinel):
+            if tristate is Sentinel:
+                print('You must explicitly press the big red button to blow up the base')
+            elif tristate is True:
+                print('Countdown to destruction activated')
+            elif tristate is False:
+                print('Countdown stopped')
+            elif tristate is None:
+                print('Waiting for more input')
+
+    Example of using Sentinel to tell whether a dict which has a default value has been changed::
+
+        values = {'one': Sentinel, 'two': Sentinel}
+        defaults = {'one': 1, 'two': 2}
+
+        # [.. Other code which does things including setting a new value for 'one' ..]
+        values['one'] = None
+        # [..]
+
+        print('You made changes to:')
+        for key, value in values.items():
+            if value is Sentinel:
+                continue
+            print('%s: %s' % (key, value)
+    """
+
+    def __new__(cls):
+        """
+        Return the cls itself.  This makes both equality and identity True for comparing the class
+        to an instance of the class, preventing common usage errors.
+
+        Preferred usage::
+
+            a = Sentinel
+            if a is Sentinel:
+                print('Sentinel value')
+
+        However, these are True as well, eliminating common usage errors::
+
+            if Sentinel is Sentinel():
+                print('Sentinel value')
+
+            if Sentinel == Sentinel():
+                print('Sentinel value')
+        """
+        return cls
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/file.py b/lib/ansible/modules/file.py
index ba901404a20..e2c15333132 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/file.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/file.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ from grp import getgrnam, getgrgid
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native
-
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 # There will only be a single AnsibleModule object per module
 module = None
@@ -257,11 +257,6 @@ class ParameterError(AnsibleModuleError):
     pass
 
 
-class Sentinel(object):
-    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-        return cls
-
-
 def _ansible_excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, tb):
     # Using an exception allows us to catch it if the calling code knows it can recover
     if issubclass(exc_type, AnsibleModuleError):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py b/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
index cfa9574ede4..b4956bc3f98 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/mod_args.py
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import ansible.constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError, AnsibleError, AnsibleAssertionError
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.parsing.splitter import parse_kv, split_args
 from ansible.plugins.loader import module_loader, action_loader
 from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.utils.fqcn import add_internal_fqcns
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 # modules formated for user msg
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/attribute.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/attribute.py
index bf3975548ab..ee797c27ef4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/attribute.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/attribute.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 _CONTAINERS = frozenset(('list', 'dict', 'set'))
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/base.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/base.py
index 46483efda2d..729344a2055 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/base.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/base.py
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ from ansible import context
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError, AnsibleUndefinedVariable, AnsibleAssertionError
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.parsing.convert_bool import boolean
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import Attribute, FieldAttribute, ConnectionFieldAttribute, NonInheritableFieldAttribute
 from ansible.plugins.loader import module_loader, action_loader
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader._collection_finder import _get_collection_metadata, AnsibleCollectionRef
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars, isidentifier, get_unique_id
 
 display = Display()
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/block.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/block.py
index 9c82ed27900..fa8c13ee49d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/block.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/block.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import ansible.constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import NonInheritableFieldAttribute
 from ansible.playbook.base import Base
 from ansible.playbook.conditional import Conditional
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ from ansible.playbook.helpers import load_list_of_tasks
 from ansible.playbook.notifiable import Notifiable
 from ansible.playbook.role import Role
 from ansible.playbook.taggable import Taggable
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 class Block(Base, Conditional, CollectionSearch, Taggable, Notifiable, Delegatable):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
index c37f4be6dbe..05e6bef044a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/role/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from types import MappingProxyType
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError, AnsibleAssertionError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type, text_type
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import FieldAttribute
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ from ansible.playbook.taggable import Taggable
 from ansible.plugins.loader import add_all_plugin_dirs
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionConfig
 from ansible.utils.path import is_subpath
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
 
 __all__ = ['Role', 'hash_params']
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/taggable.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/taggable.py
index fa1d5b203f3..3b481270a65 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/taggable.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/taggable.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.playbook.attribute import FieldAttribute
 from ansible.template import Templar
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 def _flatten_tags(tags: list) -> list:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
index 431501b4af5..d42e1df77ea 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/task.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError, AnsibleUndefinedVariable, AnsibleAssertionError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.parsing.mod_args import ModuleArgsParser
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ from ansible.playbook.role import Role
 from ansible.playbook.taggable import Taggable
 from ansible.utils.collection_loader import AnsibleCollectionConfig
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
+
 from ansible.utils.vars import isidentifier
 
 __all__ = ['Task']
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/task_include.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/task_include.py
index 4f354cae5fc..94f57e53264 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/task_include.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/task_include.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import ansible.constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.playbook.block import Block
 from ansible.playbook.task import Task
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 __all__ = ['TaskInclude']
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/config.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/config.py
index 093c1a50036..b31cb057efa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/config.py
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ import ansible.plugins.loader as plugin_loader
 
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleLookupError, AnsibleOptionsError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 class MissingSetting(AnsibleOptionsError):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py
index 1d8af833616..70073224a46 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from ansible.executor.process.worker import WorkerProcess
 from ansible.executor.task_result import TaskResult
 from ansible.executor.task_queue_manager import CallbackSend, DisplaySend, PromptSend
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection, ConnectionError
 from ansible.playbook.conditional import Conditional
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ from ansible.template import Templar
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.fqcn import add_internal_fqcns
 from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
 from ansible.vars.clean import strip_internal_keys, module_response_deepcopy
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/sentinel.py b/lib/ansible/utils/sentinel.py
index 0fdbf4ce318..6aa21a17a21 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/sentinel.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/sentinel.py
@@ -1,66 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2019 Ansible Project
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright: Contributors to the Ansible project
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-
-class Sentinel:
-    """
-    Object which can be used to mark whether an entry as being special
-
-    A sentinel value demarcates a value or marks an entry as having a special meaning.  In C, the
-    Null byte is used as a sentinel for the end of a string.  In Python, None is often used as
-    a Sentinel in optional parameters to mean that the parameter was not set by the user.
-
-    You should use None as a Sentinel value any Python code where None is not a valid entry.  If
-    None is a valid entry, though, then you need to create a different value, which is the purpose
-    of this class.
-
-    Example of using Sentinel as a default parameter value::
-
-        def confirm_big_red_button(tristate=Sentinel):
-            if tristate is Sentinel:
-                print('You must explicitly press the big red button to blow up the base')
-            elif tristate is True:
-                print('Countdown to destruction activated')
-            elif tristate is False:
-                print('Countdown stopped')
-            elif tristate is None:
-                print('Waiting for more input')
-
-    Example of using Sentinel to tell whether a dict which has a default value has been changed::
-
-        values = {'one': Sentinel, 'two': Sentinel}
-        defaults = {'one': 1, 'two': 2}
-
-        # [.. Other code which does things including setting a new value for 'one' ..]
-        values['one'] = None
-        # [..]
-
-        print('You made changes to:')
-        for key, value in values.items():
-            if value is Sentinel:
-                continue
-            print('%s: %s' % (key, value)
-    """
-
-    def __new__(cls):
-        """
-        Return the cls itself.  This makes both equality and identity True for comparing the class
-        to an instance of the class, preventing common usage errors.
-
-        Preferred usage::
-
-            a = Sentinel
-            if a is Sentinel:
-                print('Sentinel value')
-
-        However, these are True as well, eliminating common usage errors::
-
-            if Sentinel is Sentinel():
-                print('Sentinel value')
-
-            if Sentinel == Sentinel():
-                print('Sentinel value')
-        """
-        return cls
+# For Backward compatibility
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel  # pylint: disable=unused-import
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
index 63bc55dae3e..bfabd81d9ee 100644
--- a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ from ansible.cli.galaxy import GalaxyCLI
 from ansible.config import manager
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.galaxy import api, collection, token
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.file import S_IRWU_RG_RO
 import builtins
 from ansible.utils import context_objects as co
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.hashing import secure_hash_s
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse='function')
diff --git a/test/units/parsing/test_mod_args.py b/test/units/parsing/test_mod_args.py
index 0bb0c954da8..472b5465e87 100644
--- a/test/units/parsing/test_mod_args.py
+++ b/test/units/parsing/test_mod_args.py
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import pytest
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.module_utils.common.sentinel import Sentinel
 from ansible.parsing.mod_args import ModuleArgsParser
 from ansible.plugins.loader import init_plugin_loader
-from ansible.utils.sentinel import Sentinel
 
 
 class TestModArgsDwim: