diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/ext/zipkin/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/ext/zipkin/__init__.py
index e319e121491..edc9ee70319 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/ext/zipkin/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/src/opentelemetry/ext/zipkin/__init__.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def _translate_to_zipkin(self, spans: Sequence[Span]):
             }
 
             if context.trace_flags.sampled:
-                zipkin_span["debug"] = 1
+                zipkin_span["debug"] = True
 
             if isinstance(span.parent, Span):
                 zipkin_span["parentId"] = format(
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
index b99398e066d..578b533e0ee 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-zipkin/tests/test_zipkin_exporter.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def test_export(self):
                         "value": "event0",
                     }
                 ],
-                "debug": 1,
+                "debug": True,
                 "parentId": format(parent_id, "x"),
             },
             {