diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/71195-netconf_config_validate_issue.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/71195-netconf_config_validate_issue.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4f1d2e585d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/71195-netconf_config_validate_issue.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fixed Ansible reporting validate not supported by netconf server when enabled in netconf - (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/119).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/__init__.py
index 529cc260675..d25f4d3598b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/netconf/__init__.py
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ class NetconfBase(AnsiblePlugin):
         operations['supports_startup'] = ':startup' in capabilities
         operations['supports_xpath'] = ':xpath' in capabilities
         operations['supports_writable_running'] = ':writable-running' in capabilities
-        operations['supports_validate'] = ':writable-validate' in capabilities
+        operations['supports_validate'] = ':validate' in capabilities
 
         operations['lock_datastore'] = []
         if operations['supports_writable_running']: