diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2214-rds_cluster-limit-params-sent-to-api-for-states.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2214-rds_cluster-limit-params-sent-to-api-for-states.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ff50c509b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2214-rds_cluster-limit-params-sent-to-api-for-states.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - rds_cluster - Limit params sent to api call to DBClusterIdentifier when using state started or stopped (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/issues/2197).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/rds_cluster.py b/plugins/modules/rds_cluster.py
index 1b84c91d472..a09e5a4a799 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/rds_cluster.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/rds_cluster.py
@@ -1124,11 +1124,15 @@ def changing_cluster_options(modify_params, current_cluster):
     if module.params["state"] == "started":
         if current_cluster["Engine"] in ["mysql", "postgres"]:
             module.fail_json("Only aurora clusters can use the state started")
+        # start_db_cluster supports only DBClusterIdentifier
+        changing_params = {}
         changing_params["DBClusterIdentifier"] = db_cluster_id
 
     if module.params["state"] == "stopped":
         if current_cluster["Engine"] in ["mysql", "postgres"]:
             module.fail_json("Only aurora clusters can use the state stopped")
+        # stop_db_cluster supports only DBClusterIdentifier
+        changing_params = {}
         changing_params["DBClusterIdentifier"] = db_cluster_id
 
     return changing_params
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/rds_cluster_states/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/rds_cluster_states/tasks/main.yml
index 49a37561c00..699cba9a166 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/rds_cluster_states/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/rds_cluster_states/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         username: "{{ username }}"
         password: "{{ password }}"
         skip_final_snapshot: true
+        backup_retention_period: 3
       register: _result_delete_db_cluster
 
     - ansible.builtin.assert:
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
         engine_mode: provisioned
         username: "{{ username }}"
         password: "{{ password }}"
+        backup_retention_period: 3
       register: _result_create_source_db_cluster
 
     - ansible.builtin.assert: