diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/525-route53-idempotency-regressions.yml b/changelogs/fragments/525-route53-idempotency-regressions.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7377b404c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/525-route53-idempotency-regressions.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "route53 - make sure that CAA values order is again ignored during idempotency comparsion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/524)."
+  - "route53 - fix handling for characters escaped by AWS in record names, like ``*`` and ``@``. This fixes idempotency for such record names (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/524)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/route53.py b/plugins/modules/route53.py
index 2168a0b11b6..945d5e8b679 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/route53.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/route53.py
@@ -389,8 +389,9 @@ def get_record(route53, zone_id, record_name, record_type, record_identifier):
     record_sets_results = _list_record_sets(route53, HostedZoneId=zone_id)
 
     for record_set in record_sets_results:
+        record_set['Name'] = record_set['Name'].encode().decode('unicode_escape')
         # If the record name and type is not equal, move to the next record
-        if (record_name, record_type) != (record_set['Name'], record_set['Type']):
+        if (record_name.lower(), record_type) != (record_set['Name'].lower(), record_set['Type']):
             continue
 
         if record_identifier and record_identifier != record_set.get("SetIdentifier"):
@@ -573,6 +574,8 @@ def main():
     # On CAA records order doesn't matter
     if type_in == 'CAA':
         resource_record_set['ResourceRecords'] = sorted(resource_record_set['ResourceRecords'], key=itemgetter('Value'))
+        if aws_record:
+            aws_record['ResourceRecords'] = sorted(aws_record['ResourceRecords'], key=itemgetter('Value'))
 
     if command_in == 'create' and aws_record == resource_record_set:
         module.exit_json(changed=False)
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml
index bb8ca5ef059..04f1370ae21 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/route53/tasks/main.yml
@@ -266,6 +266,63 @@
         - caa is not failed
         - caa is not changed
 
+  - name: Create an A record for a wildcard prefix
+    route53:
+      state: present
+      zone: '{{ zone_one }}'
+      record: '*.wildcard_test.{{ zone_one }}'
+      type: A
+      value:
+        - 192.0.2.1
+    register: wc_a_record
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - wc_a_record is not failed
+        - wc_a_record is changed
+
+  - name: Create an A record for a wildcard prefix (idempotency)
+    route53:
+      state: present
+      zone: '{{ zone_one }}'
+      record: '*.wildcard_test.{{ zone_one }}'
+      type: A
+      value:
+        - 192.0.2.1
+    register: wc_a_record
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - wc_a_record is not failed
+        - wc_a_record is not changed
+
+  - name: Create an A record for a wildcard prefix (change)
+    route53:
+      state: present
+      zone: '{{ zone_one }}'
+      record: '*.wildcard_test.{{ zone_one }}'
+      type: A
+      value:
+        - 192.0.2.2
+      overwrite: true
+    register: wc_a_record
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - wc_a_record is not failed
+        - wc_a_record is changed
+
+  - name: Delete an A record for a wildcard prefix
+    route53:
+      state: absent
+      zone: '{{ zone_one }}'
+      record: '*.wildcard_test.{{ zone_one }}'
+      type: A
+      value:
+        - 192.0.2.2
+    register: wc_a_record
+  - assert:
+      that:
+        - wc_a_record is not failed
+        - wc_a_record is changed
+
   # Tests on zone two (private zone)
   - name: Create A record using zone fqdn
     route53: