diff --git a/salt/modules/cmdmod.py b/salt/modules/cmdmod.py
index fe1d4412d00..5ec3a6f6a45 100644
--- a/salt/modules/cmdmod.py
+++ b/salt/modules/cmdmod.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def _prep_powershell_cmd(win_shell, cmd, encoded_cmd):
 
         # Commands that are a specific keyword behave differently. They fail if
         # you add a "&" to the front. Add those here as we find them:
-        keywords = ["$", "&", ".", "Configuration"]
+        keywords = ["$", "&", ".", "Configuration", "try"]
 
         for keyword in keywords:
             if cmd.startswith(keyword):
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_cmdmod.py b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_cmdmod.py
index e1f2a604cd1..10d154b98d2 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_cmdmod.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_cmdmod.py
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ def test_prep_powershell_cmd_no_powershell():
     [
         ("Write-Host foo", "& Write-Host foo"),
         ("$PSVersionTable", "$PSVersionTable"),
+        ("try {this} catch {that}", "try {this} catch {that}"),
     ],
 )
 def test_prep_powershell_cmd(cmd, parsed):