diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/58965-npm-validate-option-types.yml b/changelogs/fragments/58965-npm-validate-option-types.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e1aef58812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/58965-npm-validate-option-types.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "npm - Validate that all passed options have proper types."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/npm.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/npm.py
index 4afa2ef56e6..f89ceee6afd 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/npm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/npm.py
@@ -26,14 +26,17 @@ options:
   name:
     description:
       - The name of a node.js library to install
+    type: str
     required: false
   path:
     description:
       - The base path where to install the node.js libraries
+    type: path
     required: false
   version:
     description:
       - The version to be installed
+    type: str
     required: false
   global:
     description:
@@ -45,6 +48,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - The executable location for npm.
       - This is useful if you are using a version manager, such as nvm
+    type: path
     required: false
   ignore_scripts:
     description:
@@ -75,11 +79,13 @@ options:
     description:
       - The registry to install modules from.
     required: false
+    type: str
     version_added: "1.6"
   state:
     description:
       - The state of the node.js library
     required: false
+    type: str
     default: present
     choices: [ "present", "absent", "latest" ]
 requirements:
@@ -241,12 +247,12 @@ class Npm(object):
 
 def main():
     arg_spec = dict(
-        name=dict(default=None),
+        name=dict(default=None, type='str'),
         path=dict(default=None, type='path'),
-        version=dict(default=None),
+        version=dict(default=None, type='str'),
         production=dict(default='no', type='bool'),
         executable=dict(default=None, type='path'),
-        registry=dict(default=None),
+        registry=dict(default=None, type='str'),
         state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent', 'latest']),
         ignore_scripts=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
         unsafe_perm=dict(default=False, type='bool'),
diff --git a/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
index 246160ed448..edca52d0503 100644
--- a/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/validate-modules/ignore.txt
@@ -3025,8 +3025,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/gem.py E337
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py E324
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py E337
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/maven_artifact.py E338
-lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/npm.py E337
-lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/npm.py E338
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pear.py E322
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pear.py E326
 lib/ansible/modules/packaging/language/pear.py E337