diff --git a/changelog/68755.fixed.md b/changelog/68755.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be6a5677bc61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/68755.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix salt.utils conflicting with standard library when using salt-ssh
diff --git a/salt/config/__init__.py b/salt/config/__init__.py
index 1a5068328e86..24ca6fec7cc6 100644
--- a/salt/config/__init__.py
+++ b/salt/config/__init__.py
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ def insert_system_path(opts, paths):
         path_options = {"path": path, "root_dir": opts["root_dir"]}
         prepend_root_dir(path_options, path_options)
         if os.path.isdir(path_options["path"]) and path_options["path"] not in sys.path:
-            sys.path.insert(0, path_options["path"])
+            sys.path.append(path_options["path"])
 
 
 def minion_config(