diff --git a/lagoon/validate.go b/lagoon/validate.go
index 7be3597..98d4f01 100644
--- a/lagoon/validate.go
+++ b/lagoon/validate.go
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ func validateField(ctx context.Context, tx *gorm.DB, model any, field, rule stri
 			tags = append(tags, oneofTag(strings.Split(arg, ",")))
 		case "unique":
 			uniqueTable = arg
+		case "boolean":
+			// Go's bool field type already enforces this; treat as a type-check no-op.
 		default:
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("lagoon: unrecognized validation rule %q", tok)
 		}
diff --git a/lagoon/validate_test.go b/lagoon/validate_test.go
index 9d8b3ee..348d9ab 100644
--- a/lagoon/validate_test.go
+++ b/lagoon/validate_test.go
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ func TestValidateMoneyRange(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValidateBooleanNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	rules := map[string]string{"search_use_typesense": "boolean"}
+	for _, v := range []any{true, false} {
+		errs, err := Validate(t.Context(), nil, nil, rules, map[string]any{"search_use_typesense": v}, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if len(errs) != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("boolean %v = %v", v, errs)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidateUnrecognizedRule(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := Validate(t.Context(), nil, nil, map[string]string{"name": "required|nope"}, map[string]any{"name": "x"}, nil)
 	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "nope") {