diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9277-proxmox_template-fix-the-wrong-path-called-on-proxmox_template.task_status.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/9277-proxmox_template-fix-the-wrong-path-called-on-proxmox_template.task_status.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7ebc3f79e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9277-proxmox_template-fix-the-wrong-path-called-on-proxmox_template.task_status.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - proxmox_template - fix the wrong path called on proxmox_template.task_status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9277)
+
diff --git a/plugins/modules/proxmox_template.py b/plugins/modules/proxmox_template.py
index 876e8a6847f..363a3497d71 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox_template.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox_template.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def task_status(self, node, taskid, timeout):
             timeout = timeout - 1
             if timeout == 0:
                 self.module.fail_json(msg='Reached timeout while waiting for uploading/downloading template. Last line in task before timeout: %s' %
-                                      self.proxmox_api.node(node).tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
+                                      self.proxmox_api.nodes(node).tasks(taskid).log.get()[:1])
 
             time.sleep(1)
         return False