diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20240426_fix_ssm_clixml.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20240426_fix_ssm_clixml.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..50f4d0af289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20240426_fix_ssm_clixml.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ssm - strip Powershell CLIXML from stdout (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/1952).
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diff --git a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
index 5c2d6d57788..0dae5092876 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
@@ -748,6 +748,10 @@ def _post_process(self, stdout, mark_begin):
         # output to keep will be before the mark
         stdout = stdout[:stdout.rfind(mark_begin)]  # fmt: skip
 
+        # If the return code contains #CLIXML (like a progress bar) remove it
+        clixml_filter = re.compile(r"#<\sCLIXML\s<Objs.*</Objs>")
+        stdout = clixml_filter.sub("", stdout)
+
         # If it looks like JSON remove any newlines
         if stdout.startswith("{"):
             stdout = stdout.replace("\n", "")