diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/20230424-s3_lifecycle.yml b/changelogs/fragments/20230424-s3_lifecycle.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..599add8591a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/20230424-s3_lifecycle.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - s3_lifecycle - fix invalid value type for transitions list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/1774)
diff --git a/plugins/modules/s3_lifecycle.py b/plugins/modules/s3_lifecycle.py
index 9d5ea3b8ff6..24517b1e372 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_lifecycle.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_lifecycle.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ def build_rule(client, module):
             if transition.get("transition_date"):
                 t_out["Date"] = transition["transition_date"]
             elif transition.get("transition_days") is not None:
-                t_out["Days"] = transition["transition_days"]
+                t_out["Days"] = int(transition["transition_days"])
             if transition.get("storage_class"):
                 t_out["StorageClass"] = transition["storage_class"].upper()
                 rule["Transitions"].append(t_out)
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ def create_lifecycle_rule(client, module):
                 aws_retry=True, Bucket=name, LifecycleConfiguration=lifecycle_configuration
             )
         except is_boto3_error_message("At least one action needs to be specified in a rule"):
-            # Amazon interpretted this as not changing anything
+            # Amazon interpreted this as not changing anything
             changed = False
         except (
             botocore.exceptions.ClientError,
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_lifecycle/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/s3_lifecycle/tasks/main.yml
index e12fd0c748f..75227044a41 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/s3_lifecycle/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/s3_lifecycle/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       security_token: '{{ security_token | default(omit) }}'
       region: '{{ aws_region }}'
     s3_lifecycle:
-      wait: yes
+      wait: true
   block:
 
     # ============================================================
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         prefix: "{{ item }}"
         status: enabled
         state: present
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
       register: output
       loop:
         - rule_1
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         prefix: "{{ item }}"
         status: enabled
         state: absent
-        wait: yes
+        wait: true
       register: output
       loop:
         - rule_1
@@ -700,6 +700,6 @@
       s3_bucket:
         name: "{{item}}"
         state: absent
-      ignore_errors: yes
+      ignore_errors: true
       with_items:
         - '{{ bucket_name }}'