diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24b2c55663fa..5450b60889b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ This release achieves 100% compliance with Python Array API specification (revis
 
 * Resolved an issue with an incorrect result returned due to missing dependency from the strided kernel on a copy event in `dpnp.erf` [#2378](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2378)
 * Updated `conda create` commands build and install instructions of `Quick start guide` to avoid a compilation error [#2395](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2395)
+* Added handling of empty string passed to a test env variable defining data type scope as a `False` value [#2415](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2415)
 
 
 ## [0.17.0] - 02/26/2025
diff --git a/dpnp/tests/config.py b/dpnp/tests/config.py
index 0069efe23ee7..8f7555a4ef62 100644
--- a/dpnp/tests/config.py
+++ b/dpnp/tests/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
-all_int_types = int(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_ALL_INT_TYPES", 0))
-float16_types = int(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_FLOAT_16", 0))
-complex_types = int(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_COMPLEX_TYPES", 0))
-bool_types = int(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_BOOL_TYPES", 0))
+all_int_types = bool(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_ALL_INT_TYPES", 0))
+float16_types = bool(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_FLOAT_16", 0))
+complex_types = bool(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_COMPLEX_TYPES", 0))
+bool_types = bool(os.getenv("DPNP_TEST_BOOL_TYPES", 0))