diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index da226b07..47133034 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Source code is also available at:
 - v1.5.1(Unreleased)
 
   - Fixed a compatibility issue with Snowflake Behavioral Change 1057 on outer lateral join, for more details check https://docs.snowflake.com/en/release-notes/bcr-bundles/2023_04/bcr-1057.
+  - Fixed credentials with `externalbrowser` authentication not caching due to incorrect parsing of boolean query parameters.
+    - This fixes other boolean parameter passing to driver as well.
 
 - v1.5.0(Aug 23, 2023)
 
diff --git a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py
index 350027f4..4fefa07f 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/snowdialect.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy import event as sa_vnt
 from sqlalchemy import exc as sa_exc
 from sqlalchemy import util as sa_util
-from sqlalchemy.engine import default, reflection
+from sqlalchemy.engine import URL, default, reflection
 from sqlalchemy.schema import Table
 from sqlalchemy.sql import text
 from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import quoted_name
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 )
 
 from snowflake.connector import errors as sf_errors
+from snowflake.connector.connection import DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION
 from snowflake.connector.constants import UTF8
 
 from .base import (
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
     _CUSTOM_Float,
     _CUSTOM_Time,
 )
-from .util import _update_connection_application_name
+from .util import _update_connection_application_name, parse_url_boolean
 
 colspecs = {
     Date: _CUSTOM_Date,
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@
     "GEOMETRY": GEOMETRY,
 }
 
-
 _ENABLE_SQLALCHEMY_AS_APPLICATION_NAME = True
 
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def dbapi(cls):
 
         return connector
 
-    def create_connect_args(self, url):
+    def create_connect_args(self, url: URL):
         opts = url.translate_connect_args(username="user")
         if "database" in opts:
             name_spaces = [unquote_plus(e) for e in opts["database"].split("/")]
@@ -226,10 +226,40 @@ def create_connect_args(self, url):
             opts["host"] = opts["host"] + ".snowflakecomputing.com"
             opts["port"] = "443"
         opts["autocommit"] = False  # autocommit is disabled by default
-        opts.update(url.query)
+
+        query = dict(**url.query)  # make mutable
+        cache_column_metadata = query.pop("cache_column_metadata", None)
         self._cache_column_metadata = (
-            opts.get("cache_column_metadata", "false").lower() == "true"
+            parse_url_boolean(cache_column_metadata) if cache_column_metadata else False
         )
+
+        # URL sets the query parameter values as strings, we need to cast to expected types when necessary
+        for name, value in query.items():
+            maybe_type_configuration = DEFAULT_CONFIGURATION.get(name)
+            if (
+                not maybe_type_configuration
+            ):  # if the parameter is not found in the type mapping, pass it through as a string
+                opts[name] = value
+                continue
+
+            (_, expected_type) = maybe_type_configuration
+            if not isinstance(expected_type, tuple):
+                expected_type = (expected_type,)
+
+            if isinstance(
+                value, expected_type
+            ):  # if the expected type is str, pass it through as a string
+                opts[name] = value
+
+            elif (
+                bool in expected_type
+            ):  # if the expected type is bool, parse it and pass as a boolean
+                opts[name] = parse_url_boolean(value)
+            else:
+                # TODO: other types like int are stil passed through as string
+                # https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-sqlalchemy/issues/447
+                opts[name] = value
+
         return ([], opts)
 
     def has_table(self, connection, table_name, schema=None):
diff --git a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/util.py b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/util.py
index 631ceaee..54044349 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/util.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/sqlalchemy/util.py
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ def _update_connection_application_name(**conn_kwargs: Any) -> Any:
     return conn_kwargs
 
 
+def parse_url_boolean(value: str) -> bool:
+    if value == "True":
+        return True
+    elif value == "False":
+        return False
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid boolean value detected: '{value}'")
+
+
 # handle Snowflake BCR bcr-1057
 # the BCR impacts sqlalchemy.orm.context.ORMSelectCompileState and sqlalchemy.sql.selectable.SelectState
 # which used the 'sqlalchemy.util.preloaded.sql_util.find_left_clause_to_join_from' method that
diff --git a/tests/test_core.py b/tests/test_core.py
index 8206e43d..29c55ae9 100644
--- a/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/test_core.py
@@ -173,6 +173,27 @@ def test_connect_args():
         engine.dispose()
 
 
+def test_boolean_query_argument_parsing():
+    engine = create_engine(
+        URL(
+            user=CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["user"],
+            password=CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["password"],
+            account=CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["account"],
+            host=CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["host"],
+            port=CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["port"],
+            protocol=CONNECTION_PARAMETERS["protocol"],
+            validate_default_parameters=True,
+        )
+    )
+    try:
+        verify_engine_connection(engine)
+        connection = engine.raw_connection()
+        assert connection.validate_default_parameters is True
+    finally:
+        connection.close()
+        engine.dispose()
+
+
 def test_create_dialect():
     """
     Tests getting only dialect object through create_engine