diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/src/vdk/plugin/trino/ingest_to_trino.py b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/src/vdk/plugin/trino/ingest_to_trino.py
index 0f92ad655e..203949df03 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/src/vdk/plugin/trino/ingest_to_trino.py
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/src/vdk/plugin/trino/ingest_to_trino.py
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ def _ingest_payload(
             )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def __to_bool(value: str) -> bool:
+    def __to_bool(value: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(value, bool):
+            return value
         if value == "true" or value == "True":
             return True
         if value == "false" or value == "False":
diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/jobs/test_ingest_to_trino_job/10_ingest_to_trino.py b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/jobs/test_ingest_to_trino_job/10_ingest_to_trino.py
index 8f626d30c2..f996c5e801 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/jobs/test_ingest_to_trino_job/10_ingest_to_trino.py
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/jobs/test_ingest_to_trino_job/10_ingest_to_trino.py
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ def run(job_input):
             payload=payload, destination_table="test_table"
         )
 
+    payload_with_types = {
+        "str_data": "string",
+        "int_data": 12,
+        "float_data": 1.2,
+        "bool_data": True,
+        "decimal_data": 3.2,
+    }
+
+    job_input.send_object_for_ingestion(
+        payload=payload_with_types, destination_table="test_table"
+    )
+
     # this setup:
     # a) partial payload (only few columns are included)
     # b) includes float data which is NaN
diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/test_ingest_to_trino.py b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/test_ingest_to_trino.py
index 0c64fb358d..42485f664f 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/test_ingest_to_trino.py
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-trino/tests/test_ingest_to_trino.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def test_ingest_to_trino(self):
             "string  12  1.2  True  3.2\n"
             "string  12  1.2  True  3.2\n"
             "string  12  1.2  True  3.2\n"
+            "string  12  1.2  True  3.2\n"
             "\n"
             "------  --  ---  ----  ---\n"
         )