diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/81816-fix-pip-changed-status-vcs-install.yml b/changelogs/fragments/81816-fix-pip-changed-status-vcs-install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d74b964812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/81816-fix-pip-changed-status-vcs-install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - pip - Incorrect changed status was returned in case of installation from VCS where the target commit was different but the version was the same. The fix now evaluates also the commits used for installation from VCS (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81751).
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/pip.py b/lib/ansible/modules/pip.py
index 344936fb571..d6c8d54f506 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/pip.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/pip.py
@@ -419,19 +419,20 @@ def _get_cmd_options(module, cmd):
 def _get_packages(module, pip, chdir):
     """Return results of pip command to get packages."""
     # Try 'pip list' command first.
-    command = pip + ['list', '--format=freeze']
+    list_command = pip + ['list', '--format=freeze']
     locale = get_best_parsable_locale(module)
     lang_env = {'LANG': locale, 'LC_ALL': locale, 'LC_MESSAGES': locale}
-    rc, out, err = module.run_command(command, cwd=chdir, environ_update=lang_env)
+    _rc, list_out, list_err = module.run_command(list_command, cwd=chdir, environ_update=lang_env)
 
-    # If there was an error (pip version too old) then use 'pip freeze'.
+    # Use also pip freeze, since pip list does not show the commit used
+    # in case of installation from VCS.
+    # We keep the already existing behaviour of failing only if the freeze command fails
+    freeze_command = pip + ['freeze']
+    rc, freeze_out, freeze_err = module.run_command(freeze_command, cwd=chdir)
     if rc != 0:
-        command = pip + ['freeze']
-        rc, out, err = module.run_command(command, cwd=chdir)
-        if rc != 0:
-            _fail(module, command, out, err)
+        _fail(module, freeze_command, freeze_out, freeze_err)
 
-    return ' '.join(command), out, err
+    return ' '.join(list_command + [";"] + freeze_command), list_out + freeze_out, list_err + freeze_err
 
 
 def _is_present(module, req, installed_pkgs, pkg_command):
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml
index a4c9b8d4f40..c7023e4ce5a 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/pip/tasks/pip.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,53 @@
     that:
       - "not (url_installed is changed)"
 
+# Note: this is needed due to an issue of pip 9.0.3 and python 3.6 to install
+# non refs commit (reproduced on RHEL 8.8 trying to run 'pip3 install -e git+https://github.com/dvarrazzo/pyiso8601@8bfaaa3e5c63a9eda4449e606786802f4e95ba60#egg=iso8601')
+- name: update git refs for backcompatibility with pip 9.0.3
+  shell: "git update-ref refs/heads/test 8bfaaa3e5c63a9eda4449e606786802f4e95ba60; git update-ref refs/heads/test1 a48aa33f9fe5aa77d40fa2a38584750570d38ad6"
+  args:  
+    chdir: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pipenv/src/iso8601/"
+
+- name: install the same module from url pointing to a specific commit
+  pip:
+    name: "git+https://github.com/dvarrazzo/pyiso8601@test#egg=iso8601"
+    virtualenv: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pipenv"
+    editable: true
+    state: latest
+  register: url_installed_specific_commit
+
+- name: verify we recorded a change
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "url_installed_specific_commit is changed"
+
+- name: install the same module from url pointing to the same specific commit
+  pip:
+    name: "git+https://github.com/dvarrazzo/pyiso8601@test#egg=iso8601"
+    virtualenv: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pipenv"
+    editable: true
+    state: latest
+  register: url_installed_specific_commit_again
+
+- name: verify we did not record a change
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "not (url_installed_specific_commit_again is changed)"
+
+- name: install the same module from url pointing to a different specific commit with same package version
+  pip:
+    name: "git+https://github.com/dvarrazzo/pyiso8601@test1#egg=iso8601"
+    state: latest
+    editable: true
+    virtualenv: "{{ remote_tmp_dir }}/pipenv"
+  register: url_installed_different_specific_commit_same_version
+
+- name: verify we recorded a change
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "url_installed_different_specific_commit_same_version is changed"
+
+
 # Test pip package in check mode doesn't always report changed.
 
 # Special case for pip