diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/204-input-output-type-ini.yml b/changelogs/fragments/204-input-output-type-ini.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e1258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/204-input-output-type-ini.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "decrypt filter plugin - now supports the input and output type ``ini`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.sops/pull/204)."
+  - "sops lookup plugin - now supports the input and output type ``ini`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.sops/pull/204)."
diff --git a/plugins/filter/decrypt.py b/plugins/filter/decrypt.py
index 2418cad..728ec54 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/decrypt.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/decrypt.py
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@
             - There is no auto-detection since we do not have a filename. By default
               SOPS is told to treat the input as YAML. If that is wrong, please set this
               option to the correct value.
+            - The value V(ini) is available since community.sops 1.9.0.
         type: str
         choices:
             - binary
             - json
             - yaml
             - dotenv
+            - ini
         default: yaml
     output_type:
         description:
@@ -49,12 +51,14 @@
             - Please note that the output is always text or bytes, depending on the value of O(decode_output).
               To parse the resulting JSON or YAML, use corresponding filters such as P(ansible.builtin.from_json#filter)
               and P(ansible.builtin.from_yaml#filter).
+            - The value V(ini) is available since community.sops 1.9.0.
         type: str
         choices:
             - binary
             - json
             - yaml
             - dotenv
+            - ini
         default: yaml
     decode_output:
         description:
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@
 from ansible_collections.community.sops.plugins.module_utils.sops import Sops, SopsError
 
 
-_VALID_TYPES = set(['binary', 'json', 'yaml', 'dotenv'])
+_VALID_TYPES = set(['binary', 'json', 'yaml', 'dotenv', 'ini'])
 
 
 def decrypt_filter(data, input_type='yaml', output_type='yaml', sops_binary='sops', rstrip=True, decode_output=True,
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/sops.py b/plugins/lookup/sops.py
index d6c8571..5b0851e 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/sops.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/sops.py
@@ -35,24 +35,28 @@
                 - By default, SOPS will chose the input type from the file extension.
                   If it detects the wrong type for a file, this could result in decryption
                   failing.
+                - The value V(ini) is available since community.sops 1.9.0.
             type: str
             choices:
                 - binary
                 - json
                 - yaml
                 - dotenv
+                - ini
         output_type:
             description:
                 - Tell SOPS how to interpret the decrypted file.
                 - By default, SOPS will chose the output type from the file extension.
                   If it detects the wrong type for a file, this could result in decryption
                   failing.
+                - The value V(ini) is available since community.sops 1.9.0.
             type: str
             choices:
                 - binary
                 - json
                 - yaml
                 - dotenv
+                - ini
         empty_on_not_exist:
             description:
                 - When set to V(true), will not raise an error when a file cannot be found,