diff --git a/pkg/util/log/eventpb/eventpbgen/gen.go b/pkg/util/log/eventpb/eventpbgen/gen.go
index 550beb2064b5..ea0ebdc3a7af 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log/eventpb/eventpbgen/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log/eventpb/eventpbgen/gen.go
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ func (m *{{.GoType}}) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableBytes
    if m.{{.FieldName}} {
    {{- end }}
      if printComma { b = append(b, ',')}; printComma = true
-     b = append(b, "\"{{.FieldName}}\":true"...)
+     b = append(b, "\"{{.FieldName}}\":"...)
+     b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.{{.FieldName}})
    {{ if not .AllowZeroValue -}}
    }
    {{- end }}
diff --git a/pkg/util/log/eventpb/json_encode_generated.go b/pkg/util/log/eventpb/json_encode_generated.go
index 1b4e1ff1c22f..3656f47088f1 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log/eventpb/json_encode_generated.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log/eventpb/json_encode_generated.go
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ func (m *AlterDefaultPrivileges) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Reda
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"ForAllRoles\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"ForAllRoles\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.ForAllRoles)
 	}
 
 	if m.SchemaName != "" {
@@ -434,7 +435,8 @@ func (m *AlterIndexVisible) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Redactabl
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NotVisible\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NotVisible\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NotVisible)
 	}
 
 	if m.Invisibility != 0 {
@@ -788,7 +790,8 @@ func (m *CapturedIndexUsageStats) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Red
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"IsUnique\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"IsUnique\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.IsUnique)
 	}
 
 	if m.IsInverted {
@@ -796,7 +799,8 @@ func (m *CapturedIndexUsageStats) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Red
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"IsInverted\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"IsInverted\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.IsInverted)
 	}
 
 	if m.CreatedAt != "" {
@@ -832,7 +836,8 @@ func (m *CertsReload) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableBytes
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Success\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Success\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Success)
 	}
 
 	if m.ErrorMessage != "" {
@@ -1007,7 +1012,8 @@ func (m *ChangefeedEmittedBytes) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Reda
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Closing\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Closing\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Closing)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1228,7 +1234,8 @@ func (m *CommentOnColumn) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableB
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NullComment)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1282,7 +1289,8 @@ func (m *CommentOnConstraint) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Redacta
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NullComment)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1324,7 +1332,8 @@ func (m *CommentOnDatabase) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Redactabl
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NullComment)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1378,7 +1387,8 @@ func (m *CommentOnIndex) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableBy
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NullComment)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1420,7 +1430,8 @@ func (m *CommentOnSchema) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableB
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NullComment)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1462,7 +1473,8 @@ func (m *CommentOnTable) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableBy
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"NullComment\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.NullComment)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -1933,7 +1945,8 @@ func (m *CommonSQLExecDetails) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Redact
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"FullTableScan\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"FullTableScan\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.FullTableScan)
 	}
 
 	if m.FullIndexScan {
@@ -1941,7 +1954,8 @@ func (m *CommonSQLExecDetails) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Redact
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"FullIndexScan\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"FullIndexScan\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.FullIndexScan)
 	}
 
 	if m.TxnCounter != 0 {
@@ -2272,7 +2286,8 @@ func (m *CreateChangefeed) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Redactable
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Transformation\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Transformation\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Transformation)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -2324,7 +2339,8 @@ func (m *CreateFunction) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableBy
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"IsReplace\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"IsReplace\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.IsReplace)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -3500,7 +3516,8 @@ func (m *RecoveryEvent) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableByt
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"IsMultiregionTarget\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"IsMultiregionTarget\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.IsMultiregionTarget)
 	}
 
 	if m.TargetCount != 0 {
@@ -3561,7 +3578,8 @@ func (m *RecoveryEvent) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableByt
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"IsLocalityAware\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"IsLocalityAware\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.IsLocalityAware)
 	}
 
 	if m.AsOfInterval != 0 {
@@ -3578,7 +3596,8 @@ func (m *RecoveryEvent) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableByt
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"WithRevisionHistory\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"WithRevisionHistory\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.WithRevisionHistory)
 	}
 
 	if m.HasEncryptionPassphrase {
@@ -3586,7 +3605,8 @@ func (m *RecoveryEvent) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableByt
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"HasEncryptionPassphrase\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"HasEncryptionPassphrase\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.HasEncryptionPassphrase)
 	}
 
 	if m.KMSType != "" {
@@ -3718,7 +3738,8 @@ func (m *RecoveryEvent) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableByt
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"IgnoreExistingBackup\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"IgnoreExistingBackup\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.IgnoreExistingBackup)
 	}
 
 	if m.ApplicationName != "" {
@@ -4289,7 +4310,8 @@ func (m *SampledQuery) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.RedactableByte
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"StatsAvailable\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"StatsAvailable\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.StatsAvailable)
 	}
 
 	if m.NanosSinceStatsCollected != 0 {
@@ -5134,7 +5156,8 @@ func (m *SetTenantClusterSetting) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Red
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"AllTenants\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"AllTenants\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.AllTenants)
 	}
 
 	return printComma, b
@@ -5528,7 +5551,8 @@ func (m *TenantSharedServiceStart) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Re
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"OK\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"OK\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.OK)
 	}
 
 	if m.ErrorText != "" {
@@ -5666,7 +5690,8 @@ func (m *UnsafeDeleteDescriptor) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Reda
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Force\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Force\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Force)
 	}
 
 	if m.ForceNotice != "" {
@@ -5726,7 +5751,8 @@ func (m *UnsafeDeleteNamespaceEntry) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Force\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Force\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Force)
 	}
 
 	if m.ForceNotice != "" {
@@ -5780,7 +5806,8 @@ func (m *UnsafeUpsertDescriptor) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.Reda
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Force\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Force\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Force)
 	}
 
 	if m.ForceNotice != "" {
@@ -5849,7 +5876,8 @@ func (m *UnsafeUpsertNamespaceEntry) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"Force\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"Force\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.Force)
 	}
 
 	if m.FailedValidation {
@@ -5857,7 +5885,8 @@ func (m *UnsafeUpsertNamespaceEntry) AppendJSONFields(printComma bool, b redact.
 			b = append(b, ',')
 		}
 		printComma = true
-		b = append(b, "\"FailedValidation\":true"...)
+		b = append(b, "\"FailedValidation\":"...)
+		b = strconv.AppendBool(b, m.FailedValidation)
 	}
 
 	if m.ValidationErrors != "" {