diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18073-jwt-bool-claims.yml b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18073-jwt-bool-claims.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0053d2c78de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18073-jwt-bool-claims.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+title: JWT Authentication plugin now supports matching non-string claims such as boolean
+type: fixed
+authors:
+  - name: Jan Høydahl
+    url: https://home.apache.org/phonebook.html?uid=janhoy
+  - name: Tony Panza
+links:
+  - name: SOLR-18073
+    url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-18073
diff --git a/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPlugin.java b/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPlugin.java
index 83d0e99303b3..4c4c35eaabbd 100644
--- a/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPlugin.java
+++ b/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPlugin.java
@@ -576,13 +576,15 @@ protected JWTAuthenticationResponse authenticate(String authorizationHeader) {
               for (Map.Entry<String, Pattern> entry : claimsMatchCompiled.entrySet()) {
                 String claim = entry.getKey();
                 if (jwtClaims.hasClaim(claim)) {
-                  if (!entry.getValue().matcher(jwtClaims.getStringClaimValue(claim)).matches()) {
+                  Object claimValue = jwtClaims.getClaimValue(claim);
+                  String claimValueStr = (claimValue != null) ? String.valueOf(claimValue) : "";
+                  if (!entry.getValue().matcher(claimValueStr).matches()) {
                     return new JWTAuthenticationResponse(
                         AuthCode.CLAIM_MISMATCH,
                         "Claim "
                             + claim
                             + "="
-                            + jwtClaims.getStringClaimValue(claim)
+                            + claimValueStr
                             + " does not match required regular expression "
                             + entry.getValue().pattern());
                   }
diff --git a/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/test/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPluginTest.java b/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/test/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPluginTest.java
index 0d6cc759cb2f..7b9ace8084b4 100644
--- a/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/test/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPluginTest.java
+++ b/solr/modules/jwt-auth/src/test/org/apache/solr/security/jwt/JWTAuthPluginTest.java
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ protected static JwtClaims generateClaims() {
     claims.setClaim("claim1", "foo"); // additional claims/attributes about the subject can be added
     claims.setClaim("claim2", "bar"); // additional claims/attributes about the subject can be added
     claims.setClaim("claim3", "foo"); // additional claims/attributes about the subject can be added
+    claims.setClaim("email_verified", true); // boolean claim as per OIDC spec
+    claims.setClaim("admin", false); // another boolean claim
     List<String> roles = Arrays.asList("group-one", "other-group", "group-three");
     claims.setStringListClaim(
         "roles", roles); // multi-valued claims work too and will end up as a JSON array
@@ -336,6 +338,38 @@ public void claimMatch() {
     assertEquals(CLAIM_MISMATCH, resp.getAuthCode());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void claimMatchWithBooleanClaim() {
+    // Test that boolean claims work correctly with claimsMatch
+    Map<String, String> shouldMatch = new HashMap<>();
+    shouldMatch.put("email_verified", "true");
+    testConfig.put("claimsMatch", shouldMatch);
+    plugin.init(testConfig);
+    JWTAuthPlugin.JWTAuthenticationResponse resp = plugin.authenticate(testHeader);
+    assertTrue(resp.getErrorMessage(), resp.isAuthenticated());
+
+    // Test matching false boolean value
+    shouldMatch.clear();
+    shouldMatch.put("admin", "false");
+    plugin.init(testConfig);
+    resp = plugin.authenticate(testHeader);
+    assertTrue(resp.getErrorMessage(), resp.isAuthenticated());
+
+    // Test mismatch with boolean claim
+    shouldMatch.clear();
+    shouldMatch.put("email_verified", "false");
+    plugin.init(testConfig);
+    resp = plugin.authenticate(testHeader);
+    assertEquals(CLAIM_MISMATCH, resp.getAuthCode());
+
+    // Test regex pattern with boolean claim
+    shouldMatch.clear();
+    shouldMatch.put("email_verified", "true|false");
+    plugin.init(testConfig);
+    resp = plugin.authenticate(testHeader);
+    assertTrue(resp.getErrorMessage(), resp.isAuthenticated());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void missingIssAudExp() {
     testConfig.put("requireIss", "false");