diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9acb3f66094a..87c2d4f944ac 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -356,9 +356,7 @@
       "mergeASARs": true,
       "releaseInfo": {
         "vendor": {
-          "minOSVersion": "19.0.0",
-          "requireManualUpdate": false,
-          "requireUserConfirmation": false
+          "minOSVersion": "19.0.0"
         }
       },
       "singleArchFiles": "node_modules/@signalapp/{libsignal-client/prebuilds/**,ringrtc/build/**}",
@@ -399,9 +397,7 @@
       ],
       "releaseInfo": {
         "vendor": {
-          "minOSVersion": "10.0.10240",
-          "requireManualUpdate": false,
-          "requireUserConfirmation": false
+          "minOSVersion": "10.0.10240"
         }
       },
       "signDlls": true,
diff --git a/ts/updater/common.ts b/ts/updater/common.ts
index 0824909141cc..7e880d7030e0 100644
--- a/ts/updater/common.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/common.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ const INTERVAL = 30 * durations.MINUTE;
 
 type JSONVendorSchema = {
   minOSVersion?: string;
-  requireManualUpdate?: boolean;
-  requireUserConfirmation?: boolean;
+  requireManualUpdate?: 'true' | 'false';
+  requireUserConfirmation?: 'true' | 'false';
 };
 
 type JSONUpdateSchema = {
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ export abstract class Updater {
 
       await this.installUpdate(
         updateFilePath,
-        !updateInfo.vendor?.requireUserConfirmation && this.canRunSilently()
+        updateInfo.vendor?.requireUserConfirmation !== 'true' &&
+          this.canRunSilently()
       );
 
       const mainWindow = this.getMainWindow();
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ export abstract class Updater {
 
     const { vendor } = parsedYaml;
     if (vendor) {
-      if (vendor.requireManualUpdate) {
+      if (vendor.requireManualUpdate === 'true') {
         this.logger.warn('checkForUpdates: manual update required');
         this.markCannotUpdate(
           new Error('yaml file has requireManualUpdate flag'),