diff --git a/chromadb/api/types.py b/chromadb/api/types.py
index ef5aab75926..e0845c6a88a 100644
--- a/chromadb/api/types.py
+++ b/chromadb/api/types.py
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ def validate_include(include: Include, dissalowed: Optional[Include] = None) ->
 def validate_n_results(n_results: int) -> int:
     """Validates n_results to ensure it is a positive Integer. Since hnswlib does not allow n_results to be negative."""
     # Check Number of requested results
-    if not isinstance(n_results, int):
+    if not isinstance(n_results, int) or isinstance(n_results, bool):
         raise ValueError(
             f"Expected requested number of results to be a int, got {n_results}"
         )
diff --git a/chromadb/test/api/test_types.py b/chromadb/test/api/test_types.py
index 56f3a75d683..aa387d8496f 100644
--- a/chromadb/test/api/test_types.py
+++ b/chromadb/test/api/test_types.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import pytest
 from typing import List, cast, Dict, Any
-from chromadb.api.types import Documents, Image, Document, Embeddings
+from chromadb.api.types import (
+    Documents,
+    Image,
+    Document,
+    Embeddings,
+    validate_n_results,
+)
 from chromadb.utils.embedding_functions import (
     EmbeddingFunction,
     register_embedding_function,
@@ -103,3 +109,9 @@ def __call__(self, input: Documents) -> Embeddings:
         from chromadb.api.types import normalize_embeddings
 
         normalize_embeddings(result)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_results", [True, False])
+def test_validate_n_results_rejects_bool(n_results: bool) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Expected requested number of results"):
+        validate_n_results(n_results)