diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/403_fix_vmware_guest_info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/403_fix_vmware_guest_info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1392d62c4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/403_fix_vmware_guest_info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- vmware_guest_info - Fix get tags API call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware/issues/403).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_info.py b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_info.py
index f2bde6482f..e9426a0b30 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/vmware_guest_info.py
@@ -294,9 +294,7 @@ def main():
 
                 vm_rest_client = VmwareTag(module)
                 instance.update(
-                    tags=vm_rest_client.get_vm_tags(vm_rest_client.tag_service,
-                                                    vm_rest_client.tag_association_svc,
-                                                    vm_mid=vm._moId)
+                    tags=vm_rest_client.get_tags_for_vm(vm_mid=vm._moId)
                 )
             module.exit_json(instance=instance)
         except Exception as exc:
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/vmware_tag/tasks/tag_manager_ops.yml b/tests/integration/targets/vmware_tag/tasks/tag_manager_ops.yml
index 14158cfca0..64be9eaa0e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/vmware_tag/tasks/tag_manager_ops.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/vmware_tag/tasks/tag_manager_ops.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,22 @@
         that:
           - tag_manager_ops.changed
 
+    - name: Get tags from a virtual machine
+      vmware_guest_info:
+        hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
+        username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
+        password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
+        validate_certs: no
+        name: "{{ vm_name }}"
+      register: r
+
+    - name: Check if tag information is available
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - not r.changed
+          - r['instance']['tags'] is defined
+          - "{{ r['instance']['tags'][0]['name'] == Tag_Name[0] }}"
+
     - <<: *tag_assign
       name: Add tags to a virtual machine again