diff --git a/examples/booleanjson.json b/examples/booleanjson.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a784c7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/booleanjson.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+      "boolean": true,
+      "boolean_dict_list": [
+        {"boolean_dict": {"boolean": true}},
+        {"boolean_dict": {"boolean": false}}
+      ],
+      "boolean_list": [true, false]
+}
diff --git a/json2xml/dicttoxml.py b/json2xml/dicttoxml.py
index d5e3f9f4..489d55ff 100755
--- a/json2xml/dicttoxml.py
+++ b/json2xml/dicttoxml.py
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ def convert(obj, ids, attr_type, item_func, cdata, item_wrap, parent="root"):
 
     item_name = item_func(parent)
 
+    # since bool is also a subtype of number.Number and int, the check for bool
+    # never comes and hence we get wrong value for the xml type bool
+    # here, we just change order and check for bool first, because no other
+    # type other than bool can be true for bool check
+    if isinstance(obj, bool):
+        return convert_bool(item_name, obj, attr_type, cdata)
+
     if isinstance(obj, (numbers.Number, str)):
         return convert_kv(
             key=item_name, val=obj, attr_type=attr_type, attr={}, cdata=cdata
@@ -153,9 +160,6 @@ def convert(obj, ids, attr_type, item_func, cdata, item_wrap, parent="root"):
             cdata=cdata,
         )
 
-    if isinstance(obj, bool):
-        return convert_bool(item_name, obj, attr_type, cdata)
-
     if obj is None:
         return convert_none(item_name, "", attr_type, cdata)
 
@@ -185,7 +189,14 @@ def convert_dict(obj, ids, parent, attr_type, item_func, cdata, item_wrap):
 
         key, attr = make_valid_xml_name(key, attr)
 
-        if isinstance(val, (numbers.Number, str)):
+        # since bool is also a subtype of number.Number and int, the check for bool
+        # never comes and hence we get wrong value for the xml type bool
+        # here, we just change order and check for bool first, because no other
+        # type other than bool can be true for bool check
+        if isinstance(val, bool):
+            addline(convert_bool(key, val, attr_type, attr, cdata))
+
+        elif isinstance(val, (numbers.Number, str)):
             addline(
                 convert_kv(
                     key=key, val=val, attr_type=attr_type, attr=attr, cdata=cdata
@@ -203,9 +214,6 @@ def convert_dict(obj, ids, parent, attr_type, item_func, cdata, item_wrap):
                 )
             )
 
-        elif isinstance(val, bool):
-            addline(convert_bool(key, val, attr_type, attr, cdata))
-
         elif isinstance(val, dict):
             if attr_type:
                 attr["type"] = get_xml_type(val)
diff --git a/tests/test_json2xml.py b/tests/test_json2xml.py
index bbf7ae49..872ee323 100644
--- a/tests/test_json2xml.py
+++ b/tests/test_json2xml.py
@@ -176,3 +176,11 @@ def test_bad_data(self):
         with pytest.raises(InvalidDataError) as pytest_wrapped_e:
             json2xml.Json2xml(decoded).to_xml()
         assert pytest_wrapped_e.type == InvalidDataError
+
+    def test_read_boolean_data_from_json(self):
+        """Test correct return for boolean types."""
+        data = readfromjson("examples/booleanjson.json")
+        result = json2xml.Json2xml(data).to_xml()
+        dict_from_xml = xmltodict.parse(result)
+        assert dict_from_xml["all"]["boolean"]["#text"] != 'True'
+        assert dict_from_xml["all"]["boolean"]["#text"] == 'true'