diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1402-vmware_guest_change_to_fail_json.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1402-vmware_guest_change_to_fail_json.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fd490b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1402-vmware_guest_change_to_fail_json.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - vmware_guest - Fix no fail attribute issue (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/1401).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
index 37cdb868e..44094fcb9 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest.py
@@ -3373,13 +3373,13 @@ def main():
     # Check requirements for virtualization based security
     if pyv.params['hardware']['virt_based_security']:
         if not pyv.params['hardware']['nested_virt']:
-            pyv.module.fail("Virtualization based security requires nested virtualization. Please enable nested_virt.")
+            pyv.module.fail_json(msg="Virtualization based security requires nested virtualization. Please enable nested_virt.")
 
         if not pyv.params['hardware']['secure_boot']:
-            pyv.module.fail("Virtualization based security requires (U)EFI secure boot. Please enable secure_boot.")
+            pyv.module.fail_json(msg="Virtualization based security requires (U)EFI secure boot. Please enable secure_boot.")
 
         if not pyv.params['hardware']['iommu']:
-            pyv.module.fail("Virtualization based security requires I/O MMU. Please enable iommu.")
+            pyv.module.fail_json(msg="Virtualization based security requires I/O MMU. Please enable iommu.")
 
     # Check if the VM exists before continuing
     vm = pyv.get_vm()