diff --git a/services/actions/workflows.go b/services/actions/workflows.go
index a08a069cc1..d7d0f781d6 100644
--- a/services/actions/workflows.go
+++ b/services/actions/workflows.go
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ func (entry *Workflow) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, inputGetter InputValueGette
 		title = fullWorkflowID
 	}
 
+	// Runner expects a `map[string]string` for inputs in in the payload dispatch, but newer code in the Runner's
+	// jobparser library takes a map[string]any which is more directly actionable for parsing:
 	inputs := make(map[string]string)
 	inputsAny := make(map[string]any)
 	if workflowDispatch := wf.WorkflowDispatchConfig(); workflowDispatch != nil {
@@ -109,6 +111,12 @@ func (entry *Workflow) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, inputGetter InputValueGette
 			}
 			inputs[key] = value
 			inputsAny[key] = value
+			// To match the behaviour of the runner when parsing map[string]string into map[string]any, check for
+			// boolean type inputs and convert them to booleans for expression evaluation:
+			// https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/runner/src/commit/d5693e379c034a3afcb920087570d9a6e179e86e/act/runner/expression.go#L435-L439
+			if input.Type == "boolean" {
+				inputsAny[key] = value == "true"
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/actions_trigger_test.go b/tests/integration/actions_trigger_test.go
index f5898682ce..19edb8b4ad 100644
--- a/tests/integration/actions_trigger_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/actions_trigger_test.go
@@ -1009,6 +1009,64 @@ func TestActionsWorkflowDispatchDynamicMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// Early in the job parsing, dynamic matrices may need to access workflow inputs.  Boolean inputs need special handling
+// which is what this test case covers.
+func TestActionsWorkflowDispatchDynamicMatrixBooleanInput(t *testing.T) {
+	onApplicationRun(t, func(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
+		user2 := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: 2})
+
+		// create the repo
+		repo, sha, f := tests.CreateDeclarativeRepo(t, user2, "repo-workflow-dispatch",
+			[]unit_model.Type{unit_model.TypeActions}, nil,
+			[]*files_service.ChangeRepoFile{
+				{
+					Operation: "create",
+					TreePath:  ".forgejo/workflows/dispatch.yml",
+					ContentReader: strings.NewReader(
+						"name: test\n" +
+							"on:\n" +
+							"  workflow_dispatch:\n" +
+							"    inputs:\n" +
+							"      win32:\n" +
+							"        description: 'Boolean'\n" +
+							"        required: false\n" +
+							"        type: boolean\n" +
+							"jobs:\n" +
+							"  test:\n" +
+							"    runs-on: ubuntu-latest\n" +
+							"    strategy:\n" +
+							"      matrix:\n" +
+							"        runner: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.win32 && '[\"win32\", \"win64\"]' || '[\"win64\"]') }}\n" +
+							"    steps:\n" +
+							"      - run: echo helloworld\n",
+					),
+				},
+			},
+		)
+		defer f()
+
+		gitRepo, err := gitrepo.OpenRepository(db.DefaultContext, repo)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer gitRepo.Close()
+
+		workflow, err := actions_service.GetWorkflowFromCommit(gitRepo, "main", "dispatch.yml")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "refs/heads/main", workflow.Ref)
+		assert.Equal(t, sha, workflow.Commit.ID.String())
+
+		inputGetter := func(key string) string {
+			return "false"
+		}
+
+		run, _, err := workflow.Dispatch(db.DefaultContext, inputGetter, repo, user2)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		jobs, err := actions_model.GetRunJobsByRunID(t.Context(), run.ID)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Len(t, jobs, 1)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestActionsWorkflowDispatchReusableWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 	onApplicationRun(t, func(t *testing.T, u *url.URL) {
 		user2 := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &user_model.User{ID: 2})