diff --git a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGenerator.java b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGenerator.java
index 9ad6f56a6..5f04bcae8 100644
--- a/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGenerator.java
+++ b/java-client/src/main/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGenerator.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public JsonGenerator write(String name, double value) {
     public JsonGenerator write(String name, boolean value) {
         try {
             generator.writeFieldName(name);
-            generator.writeBooleanField(name, value);
+            generator.writeBoolean(value);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw JacksonUtils.convertException(e);
         }
diff --git a/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGeneratorTest.java b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGeneratorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd38b1508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-client/src/test/java/co/elastic/clients/json/jackson/JacksonJsonpGeneratorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package co.elastic.clients.json.jackson;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+
+public class JacksonJsonpGeneratorTest extends Assert {
+  JacksonJsonpGenerator jacksonJsonpGenerator;
+  StringWriter sw;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup(){
+    sw = new StringWriter();
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator= (JacksonJsonpGenerator) new JacksonJsonProvider().createGenerator(sw);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteBooleanTrue(){
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.writeStartObject();
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.write("test", true);
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.writeEnd();
+
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.flush();
+
+    assertEquals("{\"test\":true}", sw.toString());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWriteBooleanFalse(){
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.writeStartObject();
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.write("test", false);
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.writeEnd();
+
+    jacksonJsonpGenerator.flush();
+
+    assertEquals("{\"test\":false}", sw.toString());
+  }
+}