diff --git a/.rubocop_todo.yml b/.rubocop_todo.yml
index 787dbedd7e92..adad740830b1 100644
--- a/.rubocop_todo.yml
+++ b/.rubocop_todo.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Metrics/AbcSize:
 # Offense count: 47
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments.
 Metrics/ClassLength:
-  Max: 174
+  Max: 182
 
 # Offense count: 219
 # Configuration parameters: CountComments, ExcludedMethods.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4335492dad05..94f4ac515928 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### New features
 
 * [#7274](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/7274): Add new `Lint/SendWithMixinArgument` cop. ([@koic][])
+* [#7272](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/pull/7272): Show warning message if passed string to `Enabled`, `Safe`, `SafeAutocorrect`, and `AutoCorrect` keys in .rubocop.yml. ([@unasuke][])
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb b/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb
index 4a474ba3e89a..9a7cf24b9251 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/config_loader.rb
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ def load_yaml_configuration(absolute_path)
           raise(TypeError, "Malformed configuration in #{absolute_path}")
         end
 
+        check_cop_config_value(hash)
+
         hash
       end
 
@@ -220,6 +222,22 @@ def check_duplication(yaml_code, absolute_path)
         end
       end
 
+      def check_cop_config_value(hash, parent = nil)
+        hash.each do |key, value|
+          check_cop_config_value(value, key) if value.is_a?(Hash)
+
+          next unless %w[Enabled
+                         Safe
+                         SafeAutoCorrect
+                         AutoCorrect].include?(key) && value.is_a?(String)
+
+          abort(
+            "Property #{Rainbow(key).yellow} of cop #{Rainbow(parent).yellow}" \
+            " is supposed to be a boolean and #{Rainbow(value).yellow} is not."
+          )
+        end
+      end
+
       # Read the specified file, or exit with a friendly, concise message on
       # stderr. Care is taken to use the standard OS exit code for a "file not
       # found" error.
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/config_loader_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/config_loader_spec.rb
index 839f3f06ef5d..42ae90e4e188 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/config_loader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/config_loader_spec.rb
@@ -992,6 +992,24 @@ def cop_enabled?(cop_class)
       end
     end
 
+    context 'set neither true nor false to value to Enabled' do
+      before do
+        create_file(configuration_path, <<~YAML)
+          Layout/AlignArray:
+            Enabled: disable
+        YAML
+      end
+
+      it 'gets a warning message' do
+        expect do
+          load_file
+        end.to raise_error(
+          SystemExit,
+          /supposed to be a boolean and disable is not/
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when the file does not exist' do
       let(:configuration_path) { 'file_that_does_not_exist.yml' }