diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
index c888f9729b1e..818e49226a40 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #### Breaking Changes
 
 #### Bugs Fixed
+Fixing an NPE caused due to boxed Boolean conversion. - See [PR 48656](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/pull/48656/)
 
 #### Other Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DatabaseAccount.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DatabaseAccount.java
index 8338b3eb40b5..50b6ed53dfcd 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DatabaseAccount.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DatabaseAccount.java
@@ -302,19 +302,19 @@ public Boolean isPerPartitionFailoverBehaviorEnabled() {
 
     /**
      * Returns true if the account supports N region synchronous commit,
-     * false if enableNRegionSynchronousCommit evaluates to null or false.
+     * false otherwise
      * <p>
-     * If enableNRegionSynchronousCommit property does not exist in account metadata JSON payload, null is returned.
+     * If enableNRegionSynchronousCommit property does not exist in account metadata JSON payload, false is returned
      *
      * @return true if the account supports N region synchronous commit, false otherwise.
      */
-    public Boolean isNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled() {
+    public boolean isNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled() {
 
         if (super.has(Constants.Properties.ENABLE_N_REGION_SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT)) {
             return ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull(super.getBoolean(Constants.Properties.ENABLE_N_REGION_SYNCHRONOUS_COMMIT), false);
         }
 
-        return null;
+        return false;
     }
 
     public void setIsPerPartitionFailoverBehaviorEnabled(boolean value) {
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DocumentServiceRequestContext.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DocumentServiceRequestContext.java
index d49d4d24b3f4..d33297065d16 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DocumentServiceRequestContext.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/DocumentServiceRequestContext.java
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ public boolean getNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled() {
         return nRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled;
     }
 
-    public void setNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled(Boolean nRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled) {
+    public void setNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled(boolean nRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled) {
         this.nRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled = nRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled;
     }
 
diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/GlobalEndpointManager.java b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/GlobalEndpointManager.java
index 57076de28d52..a580582c07a9 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/GlobalEndpointManager.java
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos/src/main/java/com/azure/cosmos/implementation/GlobalEndpointManager.java
@@ -438,11 +438,11 @@ public void setPerPartitionAutomaticFailoverConfigModifier(Consumer<DatabaseAcco
         this.perPartitionAutomaticFailoverConfigModifier = perPartitionAutomaticFailoverConfigModifier;
     }
 
-    public Boolean getNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled() {
+    public boolean getNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled() {
         this.databaseAccountReadLock.lock();
         try {
             if (this.latestDatabaseAccount == null) {
-                return null;
+                return false;
             }
             return this.latestDatabaseAccount.isNRegionSynchronousCommitEnabled();
         } finally {