diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py b/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py
index 7fd885c36f..f1cb46c629 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py
@@ -171,6 +171,20 @@ def update_or_create_resource(project, resource_data):
 def _clean_package_data(package_data):
     """Clean provided `package_data` to make it compatible with the model."""
     package_data = package_data.copy()
+    boolean_fields = {
+        field.name
+        for field in DiscoveredPackage._meta.fields
+        if field.get_internal_type() == "BooleanField"
+    }
+
+    for key in boolean_fields:
+        value = package_data.get(key)
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            lower = value.lower()
+            if lower == "true":
+                package_data[key] = True
+            elif lower == "false":
+                package_data[key] = False
     if release_date := package_data.get("release_date"):
         if type(release_date) is str:
             release_date = release_date.removesuffix("Z")
diff --git a/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_pipes.py b/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_pipes.py
index ee0ab3a88f..167f346cb6 100644
--- a/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_pipes.py
+++ b/scanpipe/tests/pipes/test_pipes.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 from scanpipe.models import CodebaseResource
 from scanpipe.models import DiscoveredPackage
 from scanpipe.models import Project
+from scanpipe.pipes import _clean_package_data
 from scanpipe.pipes import flag
 from scanpipe.pipes import get_resource_diff_ratio
 from scanpipe.pipes import get_text_str_diff_ratio
@@ -448,3 +449,15 @@ def test_scanpipe_pipes_collect_and_create_codebase_resources(self):
         self.assertEqual("from", from_resource.tag)
         to_resource = p1.codebaseresources.get(path="to/a.txt")
         self.assertEqual("to", to_resource.tag)
+
+    def test_clean_package_data_normalizes_boolean_strings(self):
+        package_data = {
+            "type": "npm",
+            "name": "react",
+            "version": "1.0",
+            "is_virtual": "true",
+        }
+
+        cleaned = _clean_package_data(package_data)
+
+        self.assertTrue(cleaned["is_virtual"])