diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/distribution_release.yml b/changelogs/fragments/distribution_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20353b8f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/distribution_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- Ignore plesk-release file while parsing distribution release (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64101).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/_distro.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/_distro.py
index e982770f74..5f9a421340 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/_distro.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/distro/_distro.py
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ _DISTRO_RELEASE_IGNORE_BASENAMES = (
     'lsb-release',
     'oem-release',
     _OS_RELEASE_BASENAME,
-    'system-release'
+    'system-release',
+    # Fixed in upstream via https://github.com/nir0s/distro/pull/246
+    'plesk-release'
 )