diff --git a/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs b/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs
index 21f3a2698..4966a8fa0 100644
--- a/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs
+++ b/src/code/PublishPSResource.cs
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ private string CreateNuspec(
                         }
 
                         // defaults to false
-                        string requireLicenseAcceptance = psData.ContainsKey("requirelicenseacceptance") ? psData["requirelicenseacceptance"].ToString() : "false";
+                        // boolean value needs to be a lowercase string for it to be correctly parsed
+                        string requireLicenseAcceptance = psData.ContainsKey("requirelicenseacceptance") ? psData["requirelicenseacceptance"].ToString().ToLower() : "false";
 
                         metadataElementsDictionary.Add("requireLicenseAcceptance", requireLicenseAcceptance);