diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 65d8acbac24..1bf9edac09a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,21 @@
 
 ### ❌ Removed
 
+## stream-chat-android-core
+### 🐞 Fixed
+
+### ⬆️ Improved
+
+### ✅ Added
+
+### ⚠️ Changed
+- 🚨Breaking change: The following properties in `User` class are now **nullable**: `banned`, `invisible`. [#5107](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-android/pull/5107)
+  * Please use `User.isBanned` as non-nullable version.
+  * Please use `User.isInvisible` as non-nullable version.
+  * Properties such as `invisible`, `banned`, `teams` and `role` are not being used to establish WS connection flow if not specified.
+
+### ❌ Removed
+
 ## stream-chat-android-client
 ### 🐞 Fixed
 
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/api2/mapping/UserMapping.kt b/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/api2/mapping/UserMapping.kt
index 4e810e35c8e..4d44241acf3 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/api2/mapping/UserMapping.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/api2/mapping/UserMapping.kt
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import io.getstream.chat.android.models.User
 
 internal fun User.toDto(): UpstreamUserDto =
     UpstreamUserDto(
-        banned = banned,
+        banned = isBanned,
         id = id,
         name = name,
         image = image,
-        invisible = invisible,
+        invisible = isInvisible,
         language = language,
         role = role,
         devices = devices.map(Device::toDto),
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactory.kt b/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactory.kt
index f62aefb7b32..bcd1898de1b 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactory.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-client/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactory.kt
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ internal class SocketFactory(
     private fun ConnectionConf.reduceUserDetails(): Map<String, Any> = mutableMapOf<String, Any>("id" to id)
         .apply {
             if (!isReconnection) {
-                put("role", user.role)
-                put("banned", user.banned)
-                put("invisible", user.invisible)
-                put("teams", user.teams)
+                if (user.role.isNotBlank()) put("role", user.role)
+                user.banned?.also { put("banned", it) }
+                user.invisible?.also { put("invisible", it) }
+                if (user.teams.isNotEmpty()) put("teams", user.teams)
                 if (user.language.isNotBlank()) put("language", user.language)
                 if (user.image.isNotBlank()) put("image", user.image)
                 if (user.name.isNotBlank()) put("name", user.name)
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/parser/EventArguments.kt b/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/parser/EventArguments.kt
index a514bfd2b2d..191eb98f8ca 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/parser/EventArguments.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/parser/EventArguments.kt
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ internal object EventArguments {
     private val user = User(
         id = "bender",
         role = "user",
+        invisible = false,
+        banned = false,
         online = true,
         createdAt = date,
         updatedAt = date,
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactoryTest.kt b/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactoryTest.kt
index c73ba3f41ec..f93db7e19b2 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactoryTest.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-client/src/test/java/io/getstream/chat/android/client/socket/SocketFactoryTest.kt
@@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ internal class SocketFactoryTest {
                 mapOf(
                     "id" to userId,
                     "role" to user.role,
-                    "banned" to user.banned,
-                    "invisible" to user.invisible,
-                    "teams" to user.teams,
+                    "banned" to user.isBanned,
+                    "invisible" to user.isInvisible,
                     "language" to user.language,
                     "image" to user.image,
                     "name" to user.name,
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-core/api/stream-chat-android-core.api b/stream-chat-android-core/api/stream-chat-android-core.api
index 7a3c5b65307..e2310a44b9e 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-core/api/stream-chat-android-core.api
+++ b/stream-chat-android-core/api/stream-chat-android-core.api
@@ -1513,8 +1513,8 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/UploadedImage {
 
 public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/User : io/getstream/chat/android/models/CustomObject, io/getstream/chat/android/models/querysort/ComparableFieldProvider {
 	public fun <init> ()V
-	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZLjava/lang/String;ZLjava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;)V
-	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZLjava/lang/String;ZLjava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
+	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;)V
+	public synthetic fun <init> (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;ILkotlin/jvm/internal/DefaultConstructorMarker;)V
 	public final fun component1 ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun component10 ()Ljava/util/Date;
 	public final fun component11 ()Ljava/util/Date;
@@ -1529,15 +1529,15 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/User : io/getstream/chat/and
 	public final fun component2 ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun component3 ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun component4 ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public final fun component5 ()Z
+	public final fun component5 ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public final fun component6 ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public final fun component7 ()Z
+	public final fun component7 ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public final fun component8 ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public final fun component9 ()Z
-	public final fun copy (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZLjava/lang/String;ZLjava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;
-	public static synthetic fun copy$default (Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZLjava/lang/String;ZLjava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;
+	public final fun copy (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;
+	public static synthetic fun copy$default (Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Boolean;Ljava/util/List;ZLjava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;Ljava/util/Date;IILjava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/util/Date;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;
 	public fun equals (Ljava/lang/Object;)Z
-	public final fun getBanned ()Z
+	public final fun getBanned ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public final fun getChannelMutes ()Ljava/util/List;
 	public fun getComparableField (Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/Comparable;
 	public final fun getCreatedAt ()Ljava/util/Date;
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/User : io/getstream/chat/and
 	public fun getExtraValue (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 	public final fun getId ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun getImage ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public final fun getInvisible ()Z
+	public final fun getInvisible ()Ljava/lang/Boolean;
 	public final fun getLanguage ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public final fun getLastActive ()Ljava/util/Date;
 	public final fun getMutes ()Ljava/util/List;
@@ -1559,6 +1559,8 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/User : io/getstream/chat/and
 	public final fun getUnreadChannels ()I
 	public final fun getUpdatedAt ()Ljava/util/Date;
 	public fun hashCode ()I
+	public final fun isBanned ()Z
+	public final fun isInvisible ()Z
 	public final fun newBuilder ()Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public fun toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
 }
@@ -1567,7 +1569,7 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder {
 	public fun <init> ()V
 	public fun <init> (Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;)V
 	public final fun build ()Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User;
-	public final fun withBanned (Z)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
+	public final fun withBanned (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withChannelMutes (Ljava/util/List;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withCreatedAt (Ljava/util/Date;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withDeactivatedAt (Ljava/util/Date;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
@@ -1575,7 +1577,7 @@ public final class io/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder {
 	public final fun withExtraData (Ljava/util/Map;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withId (Ljava/lang/String;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withImage (Ljava/lang/String;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
-	public final fun withInvisible (Z)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
+	public final fun withInvisible (Ljava/lang/Boolean;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withLanguage (Ljava/lang/String;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withLastActive (Ljava/util/Date;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
 	public final fun withMutes (Ljava/util/List;)Lio/getstream/chat/android/models/User$Builder;
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-core/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/models/User.kt b/stream-chat-android-core/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/models/User.kt
index 39bbdb225d1..78a94b802f6 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-core/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/models/User.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-core/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/models/User.kt
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ public data class User(
     val role: String = "",
     val name: String = "",
     val image: String = "",
-    val invisible: Boolean = false,
+    val invisible: Boolean? = null,
     val language: String = "",
-    val banned: Boolean = false,
+    val banned: Boolean? = null,
     val devices: List<Device> = listOf(),
     val online: Boolean = false,
     val createdAt: Date? = null,
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ public data class User(
     val deactivatedAt: Date? = null,
 ) : CustomObject, ComparableFieldProvider {
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if the user is banned or not.
+     */
+    val isBanned: Boolean get() = banned == true
+
+    /**
+     * Determines if the user should share its online status.
+     */
+    val isInvisible: Boolean get() = invisible == true
+
     override fun getComparableField(fieldName: String): Comparable<*>? {
         return when (fieldName) {
             "id" -> id
@@ -95,9 +105,9 @@ public data class User(
         private var role: String = ""
         private var name: String = ""
         private var image: String = ""
-        private var invisible: Boolean = false
+        private var invisible: Boolean? = null
         private var language: String = ""
-        private var banned: Boolean = false
+        private var banned: Boolean? = null
         private var devices: List<Device> = listOf()
         private var online: Boolean = false
         private var createdAt: Date? = null
@@ -136,9 +146,9 @@ public data class User(
         public fun withRole(role: String): Builder = apply { this.role = role }
         public fun withName(name: String): Builder = apply { this.name = name }
         public fun withImage(image: String): Builder = apply { this.image = image }
-        public fun withInvisible(invisible: Boolean): Builder = apply { this.invisible = invisible }
+        public fun withInvisible(invisible: Boolean?): Builder = apply { this.invisible = invisible }
         public fun withLanguage(language: String): Builder = apply { this.language = language }
-        public fun withBanned(banned: Boolean): Builder = apply { this.banned = banned }
+        public fun withBanned(banned: Boolean?): Builder = apply { this.banned = banned }
         public fun withDevices(devices: List<Device>): Builder = apply { this.devices = devices }
         public fun withOnline(online: Boolean): Builder = apply { this.online = online }
         public fun withCreatedAt(createdAt: Date?): Builder = apply { this.createdAt = createdAt }
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-offline/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/offline/repository/domain/user/internal/DatabaseUserRepository.kt b/stream-chat-android-offline/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/offline/repository/domain/user/internal/DatabaseUserRepository.kt
index 8ac253d08a3..7e4792c5cdf 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-offline/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/offline/repository/domain/user/internal/DatabaseUserRepository.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-offline/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/offline/repository/domain/user/internal/DatabaseUserRepository.kt
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ internal class DatabaseUserRepository(
             createdAt = createdAt,
             updatedAt = updatedAt,
             lastActive = lastActive,
-            invisible = invisible,
-            banned = banned,
+            invisible = isInvisible,
+            banned = isBanned,
             extraData = extraData,
             mutes = mutes.map { mute -> mute.target.id },
         )
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/EventHandlerSequential.kt b/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/EventHandlerSequential.kt
index f0e5b941e32..816e113e8b2 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/EventHandlerSequential.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/EventHandlerSequential.kt
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ internal class EventHandlerSequential(
         }
 
         me?.let {
-            mutableGlobalState.setBanned(it.banned)
+            mutableGlobalState.setBanned(it.isBanned)
             mutableGlobalState.setMutedUsers(it.mutes)
             mutableGlobalState.setChannelMutes(it.channelMutes)
         }
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/utils/SelfUserUtils.kt b/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/utils/SelfUserUtils.kt
index 26697351a0b..ab540229cb3 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/utils/SelfUserUtils.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-state/src/main/java/io/getstream/chat/android/state/event/handler/internal/utils/SelfUserUtils.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ internal fun MutableGlobalState.updateCurrentUser(currentUser: User?, receivedUs
         is SelfUserPart -> currentUser?.mergePartially(receivedUser.me) ?: receivedUser.me
     }
 
-    setBanned(me.banned)
+    setBanned(me.isBanned)
     setMutedUsers(me.mutes)
     setChannelMutes(me.channelMutes)
     setTotalUnreadCount(me.totalUnreadCount)