diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/77424-fix-False-ansible-galaxy-server-config-options.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/77424-fix-False-ansible-galaxy-server-config-options.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15addbf9ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/77424-fix-False-ansible-galaxy-server-config-options.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-galaxy - Fix loading boolean server options so False doesn't become a truthy string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77416).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
index 8067dd9bb77..95f1230551a 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ display = Display()
 urlparse = six.moves.urllib.parse.urlparse
 
 SERVER_DEF = [
-    ('url', True),
-    ('username', False),
-    ('password', False),
-    ('token', False),
-    ('auth_url', False),
-    ('v3', False),
-    ('validate_certs', False),
-    ('client_id', False),
+    ('url', True, 'str'),
+    ('username', False, 'str'),
+    ('password', False, 'str'),
+    ('token', False, 'str'),
+    ('auth_url', False, 'str'),
+    ('v3', False, 'bool'),
+    ('validate_certs', False, 'bool'),
+    ('client_id', False, 'str'),
 ]
 
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
 
         self.galaxy = Galaxy()
 
-        def server_config_def(section, key, required):
+        def server_config_def(section, key, required, option_type):
             return {
                 'description': 'The %s of the %s Galaxy server' % (key, section),
                 'ini': [
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
                     {'name': 'ANSIBLE_GALAXY_SERVER_%s_%s' % (section.upper(), key.upper())},
                 ],
                 'required': required,
+                'type': option_type,
             }
 
         validate_certs_fallback = not context.CLIARGS['ignore_certs']
@@ -569,7 +570,7 @@ class GalaxyCLI(CLI):
         for server_priority, server_key in enumerate(server_list, start=1):
             # Config definitions are looked up dynamically based on the C.GALAXY_SERVER_LIST entry. We look up the
             # section [galaxy_server.<server>] for the values url, username, password, and token.
-            config_dict = dict((k, server_config_def(server_key, k, req)) for k, req in SERVER_DEF)
+            config_dict = dict((k, server_config_def(server_key, k, req, ensure_type)) for k, req, ensure_type in SERVER_DEF)
             defs = AnsibleLoader(yaml_dump(config_dict)).get_single_data()
             C.config.initialize_plugin_configuration_definitions('galaxy_server', server_key, defs)
 
diff --git a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
index 53d042fe602..6e87ed8c442 100644
--- a/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
+++ b/test/units/galaxy/test_collection.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import os
 import pytest
 import re
 import tarfile
+import tempfile
 import uuid
 
 from hashlib import sha256
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ def manifest(manifest_info):
 def server_config(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(C, 'GALAXY_SERVER_LIST', ['server1', 'server2', 'server3'])
 
-    default_options = dict((k, None) for k, v in SERVER_DEF)
+    default_options = dict((k, None) for k, v, t in SERVER_DEF)
 
     server1 = dict(default_options)
     server1.update({'url': 'https://galaxy.ansible.com/api/', 'validate_certs': False})
@@ -253,6 +254,71 @@ def test_cli_options(required_signature_count, valid, monkeypatch):
             galaxy_cli.run()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "config,server",
+    [
+        (
+            # Options to create ini config
+            {
+                'url': 'https://galaxy.ansible.com',
+                'validate_certs': 'False',
+                'v3': 'False',
+            },
+            # Expected server attributes
+            {
+                'validate_certs': False,
+                '_available_api_versions': {},
+            },
+        ),
+        (
+            {
+                'url': 'https://galaxy.ansible.com',
+                'validate_certs': 'True',
+                'v3': 'True',
+            },
+            {
+                'validate_certs': True,
+                '_available_api_versions': {'v3': '/v3'},
+            },
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_bool_type_server_config_options(config, server, monkeypatch):
+    cli_args = [
+        'ansible-galaxy',
+        'collection',
+        'install',
+        'namespace.collection:1.0.0',
+    ]
+
+    config_lines = [
+        "[galaxy]",
+        "server_list=server1\n",
+        "[galaxy_server.server1]",
+        "url=%s" % config['url'],
+        "v3=%s" % config['v3'],
+        "validate_certs=%s\n" % config['validate_certs'],
+    ]
+
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.cfg') as tmp_file:
+        tmp_file.write(
+            to_bytes('\n'.join(config_lines))
+        )
+        tmp_file.flush()
+
+        with patch.object(C, 'GALAXY_SERVER_LIST', ['server1']):
+            with patch.object(C.config, '_config_file', tmp_file.name):
+                C.config._parse_config_file()
+                galaxy_cli = GalaxyCLI(args=cli_args)
+                mock_execute_install = MagicMock()
+                monkeypatch.setattr(galaxy_cli, '_execute_install_collection', mock_execute_install)
+                galaxy_cli.run()
+
+    assert galaxy_cli.api_servers[0].name == 'server1'
+    assert galaxy_cli.api_servers[0].validate_certs == server['validate_certs']
+    assert galaxy_cli.api_servers[0]._available_api_versions == server['_available_api_versions']
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('global_ignore_certs', [True, False])
 def test_validate_certs(global_ignore_certs, monkeypatch):
     cli_args = [