diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4a26ce4..79753a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
     "test": "vitest run"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/node": "22.13.4",
+    "@types/node": "22.13.5",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "3.0.6",
-    "eslint": "9.20.1",
+    "eslint": "9.21.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "50.6.3",
     "hyparquet-compressors": "1.0.0",
     "typescript": "5.7.3",
diff --git a/src/datapage.js b/src/datapage.js
index 5d0b07c..1fcbd27 100644
--- a/src/datapage.js
+++ b/src/datapage.js
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ export function readDataPage(bytes, daph, schemaPath, { type }) {
     const bitWidth = type === 'BOOLEAN' ? 1 : view.getUint8(reader.offset++)
     if (bitWidth) {
       dataPage = new Array(nValues)
-      const encodedLength = type === 'BOOLEAN' ? 0 : view.byteLength - reader.offset
-      readRleBitPackedHybrid(reader, bitWidth, encodedLength, dataPage)
+      if (type === 'BOOLEAN') {
+        readRleBitPackedHybrid(reader, bitWidth, 0, dataPage)
+        dataPage = dataPage.map(x => !!x) // convert to boolean
+      } else {
+        readRleBitPackedHybrid(reader, bitWidth, view.byteLength - reader.offset, dataPage)
+      }
     } else {
       dataPage = new Uint8Array(nValues) // nValue zeroes
     }
diff --git a/test/files/boolean_rle.json b/test/files/boolean_rle.json
index 7c29a74..52479a1 100644
--- a/test/files/boolean_rle.json
+++ b/test/files/boolean_rle.json
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 [
-    [1],
-    [1],
-    [1],
-    [1],
-    [1],
+    [true],
+    [true],
+    [true],
+    [true],
+    [true],
     [null],
     [null],
     [null],
     [null],
     [null],
-    [0],
-    [0],
-    [0],
-    [0],
-    [0]
+    [false],
+    [false],
+    [false],
+    [false],
+    [false]
 ]