diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/package_facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/package_facts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5bfd13910d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/package_facts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+    - package_facts - typecast bytes to string while returning facts (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85937).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py
index c6dc5b0b98a..910cc16c4c9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/package_facts.py
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@ class RPM(RespawningLibMgr):
         return self._lib.TransactionSet().dbMatch()
 
     def get_package_details(self, package):
-        return dict(name=package[self._lib.RPMTAG_NAME],
-                    version=package[self._lib.RPMTAG_VERSION],
-                    release=package[self._lib.RPMTAG_RELEASE],
-                    epoch=package[self._lib.RPMTAG_EPOCH],
-                    arch=package[self._lib.RPMTAG_ARCH],)
+        return dict(name=to_text(package[self._lib.RPMTAG_NAME]),
+                    version=to_text(package[self._lib.RPMTAG_VERSION]),
+                    release=to_text(package[self._lib.RPMTAG_RELEASE]),
+                    epoch=to_text(package[self._lib.RPMTAG_EPOCH]),
+                    arch=to_text(package[self._lib.RPMTAG_ARCH]),)
 
 
 class APT(RespawningLibMgr):