diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/60912-constructed-groups-option-sanitization.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/60912-constructed-groups-option-sanitization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0cc2c7e9d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/60912-constructed-groups-option-sanitization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - constructed - Add a warning for the change in behavior in the sanitization of the groups option.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py
index 21bdac360d8..9e9ec3990f3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/__init__.py
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class Constructable(object):
             self.templar.set_available_variables(variables)
             for group_name in groups:
                 conditional = "{%% if %s %%} True {%% else %%} False {%% endif %%}" % groups[group_name]
-                group_name = self._sanitize_group_name(group_name)
+                group_name = original_safe(group_name, force=True)
                 try:
                     result = boolean(self.templar.template(conditional))
                 except Exception as e: