diff --git a/adapters/mso-adapter-utils/src/main/java/org/onap/so/cloudify/utils/MsoCloudifyUtils.java b/adapters/mso-adapter-utils/src/main/java/org/onap/so/cloudify/utils/MsoCloudifyUtils.java
index dd43837..e821d80 100644
--- a/adapters/mso-adapter-utils/src/main/java/org/onap/so/cloudify/utils/MsoCloudifyUtils.java
+++ b/adapters/mso-adapter-utils/src/main/java/org/onap/so/cloudify/utils/MsoCloudifyUtils.java
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
                 return null;
             }
         } else if (("boolean").equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {
-            return new Boolean(inputValue.toString());
+            return Boolean.valueOf(inputValue.toString());
         }
 
         // Nothing else matched. Return the original string