diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/net_put_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/net_put_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46eb46de129
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/net_put_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix net_put module to handle text based files (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66059)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_get.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_get.py
index 4f96f9d9615..d9bc6e53981 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_get.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_get.py
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ import hashlib
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection, ConnectionError
-from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.plugins.action.network import ActionModule as ActionNetworkModule
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 display = Display()
 
 
-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+class ActionModule(ActionNetworkModule):
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         socket_path = None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py
index a1b83fc6c42..e8aef23d420 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/net_put.py
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ import hashlib
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text, to_bytes
 from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection, ConnectionError
-from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.plugins.action.network import ActionModule as ActionNetworkModule
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlsplit
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 
 display = Display()
 
 
-class ActionModule(ActionBase):
+class ActionModule(ActionNetworkModule):
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         socket_path = None
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         if mode == 'text':
             try:
-                self._handle_template(convert_data=False)
+                self._handle_src_option(convert_data=False)
             except ValueError as exc:
                 return dict(failed=True, msg=to_text(exc))