diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/FilterOperation.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/FilterOperation.java
index efc1666e..08eeac9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/FilterOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/FilterOperation.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.util.Utils.ctxArrToString;
 import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.util.Utils.getExpType;
 import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.util.Utils.getExpValOrFail;
+import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.util.Utils.objectToBoolean;
 
 public enum FilterOperation {
     /**
@@ -2014,7 +2015,6 @@ protected Filter geoWithinRadius(IndexCollectionType collectionType, Map<Qualifi
     }
 
     private static boolean hasMapKeyPlaceholder(Map<QualifierKey, Object> qualifierMap) {
-        Object mapKeyPlaceholder = qualifierMap.get(MAP_KEY_PLACEHOLDER);
-        return mapKeyPlaceholder != null && Boolean.parseBoolean(mapKeyPlaceholder.toString());
+        return objectToBoolean(qualifierMap.get(MAP_KEY_PLACEHOLDER));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/qualifier/BaseQualifierBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/qualifier/BaseQualifierBuilder.java
index bc121039..4eb640f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/qualifier/BaseQualifierBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/query/qualifier/BaseQualifierBuilder.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.query.qualifier.QualifierKey.PATH;
 import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.query.qualifier.QualifierKey.SECOND_VALUE;
 import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.query.qualifier.QualifierKey.VALUE;
+import static org.springframework.data.aerospike.util.Utils.objectToBoolean;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public abstract class BaseQualifierBuilder<T extends BaseQualifierBuilder<?>> implements IQualifierBuilder {
@@ -19,8 +20,7 @@ public abstract class BaseQualifierBuilder<T extends BaseQualifierBuilder<?>> im
     protected final Map<QualifierKey, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
 
     public boolean getIgnoreCase() {
-        Object ignoreCase = map.get(IGNORE_CASE);
-        return ignoreCase != null && Boolean.parseBoolean(ignoreCase.toString());
+        return objectToBoolean(map.get(IGNORE_CASE));
     }
 
     public FilterOperation getFilterOperation() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/util/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/util/Utils.java
index 85213bcc..5d16a8ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/util/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/aerospike/util/Utils.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.aerospike.query.qualifier.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.data.aerospike.repository.query.CriteriaDefinition;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -320,4 +321,14 @@ public static void setIntFromConfig(Consumer<Integer> setter, Environment enviro
         String value = getProperty(environment, prefix, propertyName);
         if (value != null) setter.accept(Integer.parseInt(value));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert an Object to boolean.
+     *
+     * @param object Can be null
+     * @return The given object cast to boolean, or false if it is null
+     */
+    public static boolean objectToBoolean(@Nullable Object object) {
+        return object != null && (boolean) object;
+    }
 }