diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/517-add-ports-no-refresh-in-exos-facts.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/517-add-ports-no-refresh-in-exos-facts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c81e677c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/517-add-ports-no-refresh-in-exos-facts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - exos_facts - returns timeout error when we use connection type ``network_cli``.
+    It happened because we send command without ``no-refresh`` and script ``cli2json.py`` stuck in loop while reading console output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/517).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/network/exos/facts/legacy/base.py b/plugins/module_utils/network/exos/facts/legacy/base.py
index 5c0bf20b..690b8a87 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/network/exos/facts/legacy/base.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/network/exos/facts/legacy/base.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class Interfaces(FactsBase):
 
     COMMANDS = [
         'show switch',
-        {'command': 'show port config', 'output': 'json'},
+        {'command': 'show port config no-refresh', 'output': 'json'},
         {'command': 'show port description', 'output': 'json'},
         {'command': 'show vlan detail', 'output': 'json'},
         {'command': 'show lldp neighbors', 'output': 'json'}
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/exos_fixtures/show_port_config b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/exos_fixtures/show_port_config_no-refresh
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/unit/plugins/modules/exos_fixtures/show_port_config
rename to tests/unit/plugins/modules/exos_fixtures/show_port_config_no-refresh