diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index 26148912b86..c5fc4ee7564 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     <version.org.apache.openjpa>4.0.0</version.org.apache.openjpa>
     <version.org.jpmml.model>1.6.4</version.org.jpmml.model> <!-- jpmml-model BSD 3C license - ATTENTION 1.5.1 intentional, because 1.5.1 evaluators works with 1.5.1 -->
     <version.org.junit>5.10.2</version.org.junit>
-    <version.org.mvel>2.5.1.Final</version.org.mvel>
+    <version.org.mvel>2.5.2.Final</version.org.mvel>
     <version.org.powermock>2.0.7</version.org.powermock>
     <version.org.slf4j>2.0.6</version.org.slf4j>
     <!-- simple-jndi is a small library that helps us avoid JNDI error messages during testing -->
diff --git a/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/main/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelper.java b/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/main/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelper.java
index 9ebcb598d82..104002e898d 100644
--- a/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/main/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelper.java
+++ b/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/main/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelper.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -205,15 +205,13 @@ public static boolean isEqualsStringCompare(Object value, Object itemFromList) {
      * @return
      */
     public static Boolean getBooleanOrDialectDefault(Object rawReturn, FEELDialect feelDialect) {
-        if (feelDialect.equals(FEELDialect.BFEEL)) {
-            if (rawReturn instanceof Boolean bool) {
-                return bool;
-            } else {
-                return false;
-            }
-        } else {
-            return (Boolean) rawReturn;
+        Boolean toReturn = null;
+        if (rawReturn instanceof Boolean bool) {
+            toReturn = bool;
+        } else if (feelDialect.equals(FEELDialect.BFEEL)) {
+            toReturn = false;
         }
+        return toReturn;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/runtime/FEELTernaryLogicTest.java b/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/runtime/FEELTernaryLogicTest.java
index 42f779a768f..43a13c3a8c7 100644
--- a/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/runtime/FEELTernaryLogicTest.java
+++ b/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/runtime/FEELTernaryLogicTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ private static Collection<Object[]> data() {
                 { "false and false or true", Boolean.TRUE , null},
                 { "false and (false or true)", Boolean.FALSE , null},
                 { "true or false and false", Boolean.TRUE , null},
-                { "(true or false) and false", Boolean.FALSE , null}
+                { "(true or false) and false", Boolean.FALSE , null},
+                //
+                { "123 and false", Boolean.FALSE , null},
+                { "\"true\" and false", Boolean.FALSE , null},
+                { "123 or true", Boolean.TRUE , null},
+                { "\"true\" or true", Boolean.TRUE , null}
         };
         return addAdditionalParameters(cases, false);
     }
diff --git a/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelperTest.java b/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelperTest.java
index b869e0ab199..2e9dd2ff92b 100644
--- a/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelperTest.java
+++ b/kie-dmn/kie-dmn-feel/src/test/java/org/kie/dmn/feel/util/BooleanEvalHelperTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.kie.dmn.feel.util.BooleanEvalHelper.getBooleanOrDialectDefault;
+import static org.kie.dmn.feel.util.BooleanEvalHelper.getFalseOrDialectDefault;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 
@@ -50,6 +52,38 @@ void numericValuesComparative() {
         assertThat(BooleanEvalHelper.compare(BigInteger.valueOf(1), 2.3,  FEELDialect.FEEL,(l, r) -> l.compareTo(r) == 0)).isFalse();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void getBooleanOrDialectDefaultFEEL() {
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault(false, FEELDialect.FEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault(true, FEELDialect.FEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.TRUE);
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault("true", FEELDialect.FEEL)).isNull();
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault(null, FEELDialect.FEEL)).isNull();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getBooleanOrDialectDefaultBFEEL() {
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault(false, FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault(true, FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.TRUE);
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault("true", FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getBooleanOrDialectDefault(null, FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getFalseOrDialectDefaultFEEL() {
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault(false, FEELDialect.FEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault(true, FEELDialect.FEEL)).isNull();
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault("true", FEELDialect.FEEL)).isNull();
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault(null, FEELDialect.FEEL)).isNull();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getFalseOrDialectDefaultBFEEL() {
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault(false, FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault(true, FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault("true", FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+        assertThat(getFalseOrDialectDefault(null, FEELDialect.BFEEL)).isEqualTo(Boolean.FALSE);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void isEqualsSCWithStringValue() {
         assertThat(BooleanEvalHelper.isEqualsStringCompare("", "")).isTrue();