diff --git a/backend/src/lib/template/dot-access.ts b/backend/src/lib/template/dot-access.ts
index ec3208feb..898252acc 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/template/dot-access.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/template/dot-access.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * Safely retrieves a value from a nested object using dot notation path
  */
-export const getStringValueByDot = (
+export const getValueByDot = (
   obj: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined,
   path: string,
-  defaultValue?: string
-): string | undefined => {
+  defaultValue?: string | number | boolean
+): string | number | boolean | undefined => {
   // Handle null or undefined input
   if (!obj) {
     return defaultValue;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const getStringValueByDot = (
     current = (current as Record<string, unknown>)[part];
   }
 
-  if (typeof current !== "string") {
+  if (typeof current !== "string" && typeof current !== "number" && typeof current !== "boolean") {
     return defaultValue;
   }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
index 7b0a19414..9cc851437 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   UnauthorizedError
 } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { extractIPDetails, isValidIpOrCidr } from "@app/lib/ip";
-import { getStringValueByDot } from "@app/lib/template/dot-access";
+import { getValueByDot } from "@app/lib/template/dot-access";
 
 import { ActorType, AuthTokenType } from "../auth/auth-type";
 import { TIdentityOrgDALFactory } from "../identity/identity-org-dal";
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ export const identityJwtAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (identityJwtAuth.boundClaims) {
       Object.keys(identityJwtAuth.boundClaims).forEach((claimKey) => {
         const claimValue = (identityJwtAuth.boundClaims as Record<string, string>)[claimKey];
-        const value = getStringValueByDot(tokenData, claimKey) || "";
+        const value = getValueByDot(tokenData, claimKey);
 
         if (!value) {
           throw new UnauthorizedError({
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ export const identityJwtAuthServiceFactory = ({
         }
 
         // handle both single and multi-valued claims
-        if (
-          !claimValue.split(", ").some((claimEntry) => doesFieldValueMatchJwtPolicy(tokenData[claimKey], claimEntry))
-        ) {
+        if (!claimValue.split(", ").some((claimEntry) => doesFieldValueMatchJwtPolicy(value, claimEntry))) {
           throw new UnauthorizedError({
             message: `Access denied: claim mismatch for field ${claimKey}`
           });
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-fns.ts
index 7d386afcb..8ed134cba 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-fns.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 import picomatch from "picomatch";
 
-export const doesFieldValueMatchOidcPolicy = (fieldValue: string, policyValue: string) =>
-  policyValue === fieldValue || picomatch.isMatch(fieldValue, policyValue);
+export const doesFieldValueMatchOidcPolicy = (fieldValue: string | number | boolean, policyValue: string) => {
+  if (typeof fieldValue === "boolean") {
+    return fieldValue === (policyValue === "true");
+  }
+
+  if (typeof fieldValue === "number") {
+    return fieldValue === parseInt(policyValue, 10);
+  }
+
+  return policyValue === fieldValue || picomatch.isMatch(fieldValue, policyValue);
+};
 
 export const doesAudValueMatchOidcPolicy = (fieldValue: string | string[], policyValue: string) => {
   if (Array.isArray(fieldValue)) {
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts
index 617b21a1f..6585e61f3 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   UnauthorizedError
 } from "@app/lib/errors";
 import { extractIPDetails, isValidIpOrCidr } from "@app/lib/ip";
-import { getStringValueByDot } from "@app/lib/template/dot-access";
+import { getValueByDot } from "@app/lib/template/dot-access";
 
 import { ActorType, AuthTokenType } from "../auth/auth-type";
 import { TIdentityOrgDALFactory } from "../identity/identity-org-dal";
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export const identityOidcAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (identityOidcAuth.boundClaims) {
       Object.keys(identityOidcAuth.boundClaims).forEach((claimKey) => {
         const claimValue = (identityOidcAuth.boundClaims as Record<string, string>)[claimKey];
-        const value = getStringValueByDot(tokenData, claimKey) || "";
+        const value = getValueByDot(tokenData, claimKey);
 
         if (!value) {
           throw new UnauthorizedError({
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ export const identityOidcAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (identityOidcAuth.claimMetadataMapping) {
       Object.keys(identityOidcAuth.claimMetadataMapping).forEach((permissionKey) => {
         const claimKey = (identityOidcAuth.claimMetadataMapping as Record<string, string>)[permissionKey];
-        const value = getStringValueByDot(tokenData, claimKey) || "";
+        const value = getValueByDot(tokenData, claimKey);
         if (!value) {
           throw new UnauthorizedError({
             message: `Access denied: token has no ${claimKey} field`
           });
         }
-        filteredClaims[permissionKey] = value;
+        filteredClaims[permissionKey] = value.toString();
       });
     }