diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/dict_is_dict.yml b/changelogs/fragments/dict_is_dict.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53076782ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/dict_is_dict.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+    - allow 'dict()' jinja2 global to function the same even though it has changed in jinja2 versions
diff --git a/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
index 066c2573e5..19fb520451 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/template/__init__.py
@@ -726,6 +726,9 @@ class Templar:
                 else:
                     return data
 
+            # jinja2 global is inconsistent across versions, this normalizes them
+            t.globals['dict'] = dict
+
             if disable_lookups:
                 t.globals['query'] = t.globals['q'] = t.globals['lookup'] = self._fail_lookup
             else: