diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d64356..2d28725 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 ## unreleased
 
 - Add ability to add `publish` to the generated Cargo.toml file (#208)
+- Fix generating publish value as a toml bool (#209)
 
 ## [3.0.0] - 2023-04-28
 
diff --git a/fp-bindgen/src/generators/mod.rs b/fp-bindgen/src/generators/mod.rs
index 81a1225..c191927 100644
--- a/fp-bindgen/src/generators/mod.rs
+++ b/fp-bindgen/src/generators/mod.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ pub enum RustPluginConfigValue {
     String(String),
     Vec(Vec<String>),
     Workspace,
+    Bool(bool),
 }
 
 impl From<&str> for RustPluginConfigValue {
@@ -123,6 +124,12 @@ impl From<Vec<String>> for RustPluginConfigValue {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<bool> for RustPluginConfigValue {
+    fn from(value: bool) -> Self {
+        Self::Bool(value)
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct RustPluginConfigBuilder {
     config: RustPluginConfig,
 }
@@ -184,7 +191,7 @@ impl RustPluginConfigBuilder {
     }
 
     pub fn publish(mut self, value: bool) -> Self {
-        self.config.publish = Some(RustPluginConfigValue::String(value.to_string()));
+        self.config.publish = Some(value.into());
         self
     }
 
diff --git a/fp-bindgen/src/generators/rust_plugin/mod.rs b/fp-bindgen/src/generators/rust_plugin/mod.rs
index f7d4c44..79349e2 100644
--- a/fp-bindgen/src/generators/rust_plugin/mod.rs
+++ b/fp-bindgen/src/generators/rust_plugin/mod.rs
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ fn format_cargo_key(key: &str, value: Option<RustPluginConfigValue>) -> String {
                 inline.insert("workspace", true.into());
                 toml_edit::value(inline)
             }
+            RustPluginConfigValue::Bool(value) => toml_edit::value(value),
         };
 
         let mut doc = toml_edit::Document::new();