diff --git a/changelog.d/5325.bugfix b/changelog.d/5325.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9413388f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/5325.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a bug where running synapse_port_db would cause the account validity feature to fail because it didn't set the type of the email_sent column to boolean.
diff --git a/scripts/synapse_port_db b/scripts/synapse_port_db
index 41be9c9220..b6ba19c776 100755
--- a/scripts/synapse_port_db
+++ b/scripts/synapse_port_db
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ BOOLEAN_COLUMNS = {
     "group_roles": ["is_public"],
     "local_group_membership": ["is_publicised", "is_admin"],
     "e2e_room_keys": ["is_verified"],
+    "account_validity": ["email_sent"],
 }