diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/58015-yang-types.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/58015-yang-types.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c53dce32e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/58015-yang-types.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Fix media type of RESTCONF requests.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/restconf/restconf.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/restconf/restconf.py
index 375cd0a95be..81a26bff44d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/restconf/restconf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/restconf/restconf.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def get(module, path=None, content=None, fields=None, output='json'):
 
     accept = None
     if output == 'xml':
-        accept = 'application/yang.data+xml'
+        accept = 'application/yang-data+xml'
 
     connection = Connection(module._socket_path)
     return connection.send_request(None, path=path, method='GET', accept=accept)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def edit_config(module, path=None, content=None, method='GET', format='json'):
 
     content_type = None
     if format == 'xml':
-        content_type = 'application/yang.data+xml'
+        content_type = 'application/yang-data+xml'
 
     connection = Connection(module._socket_path)
     return connection.send_request(content, path=path, method=method, content_type=content_type)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/restconf.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/restconf.py
index b883ccaf4b2..ad5bd999188 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/restconf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/httpapi/restconf.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
 from ansible.plugins.httpapi import HttpApiBase
 
 
-CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/yang.data+json'
+CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/yang-data+json'
 
 
 class HttpApi(HttpApiBase):