diff --git a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/SelectExpression.cs b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/SelectExpression.cs
index 83e36f8282c..c419468fe65 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/SelectExpression.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Cosmos/Query/Internal/SelectExpression.cs
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ public virtual void ClearOrdering()
         public virtual void ApplyPredicate([NotNull] SqlExpression expression)
         {
             if (expression is SqlConstantExpression sqlConstant
-                && (bool)sqlConstant.Value)
+                && sqlConstant.Value is bool boolValue
+                && boolValue)
             {
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/SqlExpressions/SelectExpression.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/SqlExpressions/SelectExpression.cs
index 9f88bf795c2..2db70828552 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/SqlExpressions/SelectExpression.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Query/SqlExpressions/SelectExpression.cs
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ public void ApplyPredicate([NotNull] SqlExpression expression)
             Check.NotNull(expression, nameof(expression));
 
             if (expression is SqlConstantExpression sqlConstant
-                && (bool)sqlConstant.Value)
+                && sqlConstant.Value is bool boolValue
+                && boolValue)
             {
                 return;
             }