diff --git a/client/models/http_event_collector.go b/client/models/http_event_collector.go
index 29959360..05ed348e 100644
--- a/client/models/http_event_collector.go
+++ b/client/models/http_event_collector.go
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ type HttpEventCollectorObject struct {
 	SourceType string        `json:"sourcetype,omitempty" url:"sourcetype,omitempty"`
 	Token      string        `json:"token,omitempty" url:"token,omitempty"`
 	Disabled   bool          `json:"disabled,omitempty" url:"disabled"`
-	UseACK     int           `json:"useACK,string,omitempty" url:"useACK"`
+	UseACK     SplunkBoolInt `json:"useACK,omitempty" url:"useACK"`
 }
diff --git a/client/models/splunk_bool_int.go b/client/models/splunk_bool_int.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..044a5b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/models/splunk_bool_int.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// SplunkBoolInt handles Splunk Cloud API responses that return boolean strings
+// ("true"/"false") for numeric fields instead of integer strings ("0"/"1").
+// This inconsistency exists between Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud APIs.
+type SplunkBoolInt int
+
+func (b *SplunkBoolInt) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s); err == nil {
+		switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(s)) {
+		case "true", "1":
+			*b = 1
+		case "false", "0":
+			*b = 0
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %q as SplunkBoolInt", s)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	var i int
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &i); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse %s as SplunkBoolInt: %w", data, err)
+	}
+	*b = SplunkBoolInt(i)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (b SplunkBoolInt) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(strconv.Itoa(int(b)))
+}
diff --git a/client/models/splunk_bool_int_test.go b/client/models/splunk_bool_int_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..458b0cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/models/splunk_bool_int_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSplunkBoolInt_UnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    string
+		expected SplunkBoolInt
+		wantErr  bool
+	}{
+		// Splunk Cloud returns boolean strings
+		{name: "string false", input: `"false"`, expected: 0},
+		{name: "string true", input: `"true"`, expected: 1},
+		// Splunk Enterprise returns integer strings
+		{name: "string 0", input: `"0"`, expected: 0},
+		{name: "string 1", input: `"1"`, expected: 1},
+		// Direct integer values
+		{name: "int 0", input: `0`, expected: 0},
+		{name: "int 1", input: `1`, expected: 1},
+		// Invalid
+		{name: "invalid string", input: `"foo"`, wantErr: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var b SplunkBoolInt
+			err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tt.input), &b)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("UnmarshalJSON(%s) error = %v, wantErr %v", tt.input, err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if !tt.wantErr && b != tt.expected {
+				t.Errorf("UnmarshalJSON(%s) = %d, want %d", tt.input, b, tt.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSplunkBoolInt_MarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    SplunkBoolInt
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{input: 0, expected: `"0"`},
+		{input: 1, expected: `"1"`},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		data, err := json.Marshal(tt.input)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("MarshalJSON(%d) error = %v", tt.input, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if string(data) != tt.expected {
+			t.Errorf("MarshalJSON(%d) = %s, want %s", tt.input, data, tt.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHttpEventCollectorObject_UnmarshalUseACK(t *testing.T) {
+	// Simulates the Splunk Cloud API response that was causing the bug
+	splunkCloudResponse := `{"useACK": "false", "index": "main"}`
+
+	var obj HttpEventCollectorObject
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(splunkCloudResponse), &obj); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal Splunk Cloud response: %v", err)
+	}
+	if obj.UseACK != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("UseACK = %d, want 0", obj.UseACK)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/splunk/resource_splunk_inputs_http_event_collector.go b/splunk/resource_splunk_inputs_http_event_collector.go
index bab009c2..3a99def3 100644
--- a/splunk/resource_splunk_inputs_http_event_collector.go
+++ b/splunk/resource_splunk_inputs_http_event_collector.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func httpEventCollectorInputRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err = d.Set("use_ack", entry.Content.UseACK); err != nil {
+	if err = d.Set("use_ack", int(entry.Content.UseACK)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func getHttpEventCollectorConfig(d *schema.ResourceData) (httpInputConfigObject
 	httpInputConfigObject.Indexes = d.Get("indexes").([]interface{})
 	httpInputConfigObject.Source = d.Get("source").(string)
 	httpInputConfigObject.SourceType = d.Get("sourcetype").(string)
-	httpInputConfigObject.UseACK = d.Get("use_ack").(int)
+	httpInputConfigObject.UseACK = models.SplunkBoolInt(d.Get("use_ack").(int))
 	httpInputConfigObject.Disabled = d.Get("disabled").(bool)
 	return httpInputConfigObject
 }