diff --git a/jax/numpy/__init__.py b/jax/numpy/__init__.py
index 032eb8eb584e..72b2ed7f9cc0 100644
--- a/jax/numpy/__init__.py
+++ b/jax/numpy/__init__.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     bincount as bincount,
     blackman as blackman,
     block as block,
+    bool_ as bool,  # Array API alias for bool_
     bool_ as bool_,
     broadcast_arrays as broadcast_arrays,
     broadcast_shapes as broadcast_shapes,
diff --git a/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi b/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi
index bfb0561240da..bdff69ca57ad 100644
--- a/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi
+++ b/jax/numpy/__init__.pyi
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ def bitwise_right_shift(x: ArrayLike, y: ArrayLike, /) -> Array: ...
 def bitwise_xor(x: ArrayLike, y: ArrayLike, /) -> Array: ...
 def blackman(M: int) -> Array: ...
 def block(arrays: Union[ArrayLike, Sequence[ArrayLike], Sequence[Sequence[ArrayLike]]]) -> Array: ...
+bool: Any
 bool_: Any
 def broadcast_arrays(*args: ArrayLike) -> list[Array]: ...
 
diff --git a/tests/lax_numpy_test.py b/tests/lax_numpy_test.py
index 9e4f1811c7e9..c4715808f32f 100644
--- a/tests/lax_numpy_test.py
+++ b/tests/lax_numpy_test.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def f():
     return f
 
   @parameterized.parameters(
-    [dtype for dtype in [jnp.bool_, jnp.uint8, jnp.uint16, jnp.uint32,
+    [dtype for dtype in [jnp.bool, jnp.uint8, jnp.uint16, jnp.uint32,
                          jnp.uint64, jnp.int8, jnp.int16, jnp.int32, jnp.int64,
                          jnp.bfloat16, jnp.float16, jnp.float32, jnp.float64,
                          jnp.complex64, jnp.complex128]
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ def testDtypeWrappers(self, dtype):
     prims = [eqn.primitive for eqn in jaxpr.eqns]
     self.assertEqual(prims, [lax.convert_element_type_p])  # No copy generated.
 
+  def testBoolDtypeAlias(self):
+    self.assertIs(jnp.bool, jnp.bool_)
+
   @jtu.sample_product(
       dtype=float_dtypes + [object],
       allow_pickle=[True, False],