diff --git a/module_utils/network_lsr/argument_validator.py b/module_utils/network_lsr/argument_validator.py
index 45a9927..b62457b 100644
--- a/module_utils/network_lsr/argument_validator.py
+++ b/module_utils/network_lsr/argument_validator.py
@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@ class ArgValidatorNum(ArgValidator):
     def _validate_impl(self, value, name):
         v = None
         try:
-            if isinstance(value, self.numeric_type):
+            if isinstance(value, bool):
+                # bool can (probably) be converted to self.numeric_type,
+                # but here we don't want to accept a boolean value.
+                pass
+            elif isinstance(value, self.numeric_type):
                 # ArgValidatorNum should normalize the input values to be of type
                 # self.numeric_type, except the default_value
                 v = self.numeric_type(value)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_network_connections.py b/tests/unit/test_network_connections.py
index f7ec527..0d8bd5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_network_connections.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_network_connections.py
@@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ class TestValidator(unittest.TestCase):
 
         v = network_lsr.argument_validator.ArgValidatorNum("state", required=True)
         self.assertValidationError(v, None)
+        self.assertValidationError(v, False)
+        self.assertValidationError(v, True)
 
     def test_validate_bool(self):