diff --git a/src/netconf_access.cpp b/src/netconf_access.cpp
index 9974fca..13fec88 100644
--- a/src/netconf_access.cpp
+++ b/src/netconf_access.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     case LY_TYPE_UINT64:
         return value->uint64();
     case LY_TYPE_BOOL:
-        return value->bln();
+        return bool(value->bln());
     case LY_TYPE_STRING:
         return std::string(value->string());
     case LY_TYPE_ENUM:
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 979bda4..672cd36 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@
         return data;
     }
 
+    std::string operator()(const bool& data) const
+    {
+        if (data)
+            return "true";
+        else
+            return "false";
+    }
+
     template <typename T>
     std::string operator()(const T& data) const
     {
diff --git a/submodules/dependencies b/submodules/dependencies
index 7b0a5a7..512c7bc 160000
--- a/submodules/dependencies
+++ b/submodules/dependencies
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7b0a5a712febbeb0623f0d2b0b0d94ab2bf1bd40
+Subproject commit 512c7bcd2c0cb9d31ef5e22288d60aa426863329
diff --git a/tests/sysrepo.cpp b/tests/sysrepo.cpp
index c544cf3..7125a9a 100644
--- a/tests/sysrepo.cpp
+++ b/tests/sysrepo.cpp
@@ -17,13 +17,27 @@
 #error "Unknown backend"
 #endif
 #include "sysrepo_subscription.hpp"
+#include "utils.hpp"
 
 class MockRecorder : public Recorder {
 public:
     MAKE_MOCK3(write, void(const std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&), override);
 };
 
-TEST_CASE("setting values")
+namespace std {
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& s, const std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> map)
+{
+    s << std::endl
+      << "{";
+    for (const auto& it : map) {
+        s << "{\"" << it.first << "\", " << leafDataToString(it.second) << "}" << std::endl;
+    }
+    s << "}" << std::endl;
+    return s;
+}
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("setting/getting values")
 {
     trompeloeil::sequence seq1;
     MockRecorder mock;
@@ -161,6 +175,17 @@
             datastore.commitChanges();
         }
     }
+    SECTION("bool values get correctly represented as bools")
+    {
+        {
+            REQUIRE_CALL(mock, write("/example-schema:down", "", "true"));
+            datastore.setLeaf("/example-schema:down", bool{true});
+            datastore.commitChanges();
+        }
+
+        std::map<std::string, leaf_data_> expected{{"/example-schema:down", bool{true}}};
+        REQUIRE(datastore.getItems("/example-schema:down") == expected);
+    }
 
     waitForCompletionAndBitMore(seq1);
 }