diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82611_fix_alignment_apt_clean_with_ansible_apt_clean.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82611_fix_alignment_apt_clean_with_ansible_apt_clean.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bca3cfdf00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/82611_fix_alignment_apt_clean_with_ansible_apt_clean.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible.builtin.apt - calling clean = true does not properly clean certain cache files such as /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin and /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82611)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/apt.py b/lib/ansible/modules/apt.py
index 98a641aa66f..33d33731067 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/apt.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/apt.py
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ def main():
         aptclean_stdout, aptclean_stderr, aptclean_diff = aptclean(module)
         # If there is nothing else to do exit. This will set state as
         #  changed based on if the cache was updated.
-        if not p['package'] and not p['upgrade'] and not p['deb']:
+        if not p['package'] and p['upgrade'] == 'no' and not p['deb']:
             module.exit_json(
                 changed=True,
                 msg=aptclean_stdout,
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
index a0bc19929f6..55ab51d21d2 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/apt/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -594,3 +594,26 @@
       - elpa-yaml-mode
     state: absent
     purge: yes
+
+# https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82611
+- name: clean apt cache
+  apt:
+    clean: true
+
+- name: check for /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
+  stat:
+    path: /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
+  register: pkgcache_bin
+
+- name: check for /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
+  stat:
+    path: /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
+  register: srcpkgcache_bin
+
+- name: verify apt cache files are cleaned
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not pkgcache_bin.stat.exists
+      - not srcpkgcache_bin.stat.exists
+    fail_msg: "apt cache files still exist."
+    success_msg: "apt cache files are cleaned."