diff --git a/pkgs/ops-pkg/changelog/undistributed/2025_11_04_cisco_ios_xe_learn_ntp.rst b/pkgs/ops-pkg/changelog/undistributed/2025_11_04_cisco_ios_xe_learn_ntp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f2eb2a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/ops-pkg/changelog/undistributed/2025_11_04_cisco_ios_xe_learn_ntp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                                Fix
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+* IOSXE
+    * Modified:
+        * learn("ntp")
+          - "isconfigured" is a string rather than a boolean, matching nxos
diff --git a/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/ntp.py b/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/ntp.py
index c8862cbab..a7c2dff63 100644
--- a/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/ntp.py
+++ b/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/ntp.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def set_defaults(self, peer, vrf):
 
 			local_dict = self.info['vrf'][vrf]['associations']['address'][peer]\
 				['local_mode'][local_mode].setdefault('isconfigured', {}).\
-				setdefault(isconfigured_value, {})
+				setdefault(str(isconfigured_value), {})
 			local_dict['address'] = address
 			local_dict['vrf'] = vrf
 			local_dict['isconfigured'] = isconfigured_value
diff --git a/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/tests/ntp_output.py b/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/tests/ntp_output.py
index 51d903f06..101c5bb51 100644
--- a/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/tests/ntp_output.py
+++ b/pkgs/ops-pkg/src/genie/libs/ops/ntp/iosxe/tests/ntp_output.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class NtpOutput(object):
                         'local_mode': {
                             'client': {
                                 'isconfigured': {
-                                    True: {
+                                    'True': {
                                         'address': '10.4.1.1',
                                         'delay': 0.0,
                                         'isconfigured': True,
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class NtpOutput(object):
                         'local_mode': {
                             'client': {
                                 'isconfigured': {
-                                    False: {
+                                    'False': {
                                         'address': '127.127.1.1',
                                         'delay': 0.0,
                                         'isconfigured': False,
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class NtpOutput(object):
                         'local_mode': {
                             'client': {
                                 'isconfigured': {
-                                    True: {
+                                    'True': {
                                         'address': '10.16.2.2',
                                         'delay': 0.0,
                                         'isconfigured': True,
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ class NtpOutputNoConfig(object):
                             'local_mode': {
                                 'client': {
                                     'isconfigured': {
-                                        False: {
+                                        'False': {
                                             'address': '127.127.1.1',
                                             'delay': 0.0,
                                             'isconfigured': False,