diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/9178-fix-proxmox-connection-without-certs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/9178-fix-proxmox-connection-without-certs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7105062d2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/9178-fix-proxmox-connection-without-certs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - proxmox inventory plugin - fix connection without certificates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9178).
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
index 3ce4f789a37..acd0c5b8b02 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def _get_json(self, url, ignore_errors=None):
             data = []
             s = self._get_session()
             while True:
-                ret = s.get(url, headers=self.headers)
+                ret = s.get(url, headers=self.headers, verify=s.verify)
                 if ignore_errors and ret.status_code in ignore_errors:
                     break
                 ret.raise_for_status()