diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2386-lambda-remove-non-utf-8-output.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2386-lambda-remove-non-utf-8-output.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14334c3939f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2386-lambda-remove-non-utf-8-output.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - lambda - Remove non UTF-8 data (contents of Lambda ZIP file) from the module output to avoid Ansible error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/2386).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/lambda.py b/plugins/modules/lambda.py
index 3936850ca0e..fd38a3cc35a 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/lambda.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/lambda.py
@@ -808,6 +808,9 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(msg="Unable to get function information after updating")
         response = format_response(response)
         # We're done
+        # "ZipFile" attribute contains non UTF-8 data. Ansible considers it an error
+        # starting with version 2.18. Removing it from the output avoids the error.
+        code_kwargs.pop("ZipFile", None)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, code_kwargs=code_kwargs, func_kwargs=func_kwargs, **response)
 
     # Function doesn't exist, create new Lambda function