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 b01402ebdb5..41d0de1d286 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/s3_lifecycle.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/s3_lifecycle.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ 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)
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ def create_lifecycle_rule(client, module):
                 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, botocore.exceptions.BotoCoreError) as e:  # pylint: disable=duplicate-except
             module.fail_json_aws(e, lifecycle_configuration=lifecycle_configuration, name=name, old_lifecycle_rules=old_lifecycle_rules)
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/s3_lifecycle/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/s3_lifecycle/tasks/main.yml
index 71f183e8f38..7a15e4b66f7 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
@@ -704,6 +704,6 @@
       s3_bucket:
         name: "{{item}}"
         state: absent
-      ignore_errors: yes
+      ignore_errors: true
       with_items:
         - '{{ bucket_name }}'