diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_facts.py
index 8662192fb52..ffe66a4e354 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/iosxr/iosxr_facts.py
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ class FactsBase(object):
 class Default(FactsBase):
 
     def commands(self):
-        return(['show version brief'])
+        return(['show version | utility head -n 20'])
 
     def populate(self, results):
-        self.facts['version'] = self.parse_version(results['show version brief'])
-        self.facts['image'] = self.parse_image(results['show version brief'])
-        self.facts['hostname'] = self.parse_hostname(results['show version brief'])
+        self.facts['version'] = self.parse_version(results['show version | utility head -n 20'])
+        self.facts['image'] = self.parse_image(results['show version | utility head -n 20'])
+        self.facts['hostname'] = self.parse_hostname(results['show version | utility head -n 20'])
 
     def parse_version(self, data):
         match = re.search(r'Version (\S+)$', data, re.M)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/iosxr.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/iosxr.py
index 9f4746681ea..d6a012e2279 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/iosxr.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cliconf/iosxr.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Cliconf(CliconfBase):
         device_info = {}
 
         device_info['network_os'] = 'iosxr'
-        reply = self.get(b'show version brief')
+        reply = self.get(b'show version | utility head -n 20')
         data = to_text(reply, errors='surrogate_or_strict').strip()
 
         match = re.search(r'Version (\S+)$', data, re.M)
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/show_version___utility_head_-n_20 b/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/show_version___utility_head_-n_20
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f82039ff19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/fixtures/show_version___utility_head_-n_20
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 6.0.0[Default]
+Copyright (c) 2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
+
+ROM: GRUB, Version 1.99(0), DEV RELEASE
+
+iosxr01 uptime is 11 weeks, 6 days, 2 hours, 2 minutes
+System image file is "bootflash:disk0/xrvr-os-mbi-6.0.0/mbixrvr-rp.vm"
+
+cisco IOS XRv Series (Pentium Celeron Stepping 3) processor with 3169911K bytes
+of memory.
+Pentium Celeron Stepping 3 processor at 3836MHz, Revision 2.174
+IOS XRv Chassis
+
+1 Management Ethernet
+6 GigabitEthernet
+97070k bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
+866M bytes of hard disk.
+2321392k bytes of disk0: (Sector size 512 bytes).
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_facts.py b/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_facts.py
index 8b3233d0cf2..cf55a1110ce 100644
--- a/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_facts.py
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/iosxr/test_iosxr_facts.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class TestIosxrFacts(TestIosxrModule):
                     command = item
                 filename = str(command).replace(' ', '_')
                 filename = filename.replace('/', '7')
+                filename = filename.replace('|', '_')
                 output.append(load_fixture(filename))
             return output