diff --git a/api/institutions/serializers.py b/api/institutions/serializers.py
index 46a2f4f0bff..0262f9dddd7 100644
--- a/api/institutions/serializers.py
+++ b/api/institutions/serializers.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class InstitutionSerializer(JSONAPISerializer):
         ser.CharField(read_only=True),
         permission='view_institutional_metrics',
     )
-    institutional_request_access_enabled = ser.CharField(read_only=True)
+    institutional_request_access_enabled = ser.BooleanField(read_only=True)
     links = LinksField({
         'self': 'get_api_url',
         'html': 'get_absolute_html_url',
diff --git a/osf/migrations/0025_contributor_is_curator_and_more.py b/osf/migrations/0025_institutional_request_access_enabled_and_more.py
similarity index 100%
rename from osf/migrations/0025_contributor_is_curator_and_more.py
rename to osf/migrations/0025_institutional_request_access_enabled_and_more.py
diff --git a/osf/migrations/0026_contributor_is_curator_and_more.py b/osf/migrations/0026_add_is_institutional_request_is_curator.py
similarity index 90%
rename from osf/migrations/0026_contributor_is_curator_and_more.py
rename to osf/migrations/0026_add_is_institutional_request_is_curator.py
index 84dbbb32bf1..51da69ada2c 100644
--- a/osf/migrations/0026_contributor_is_curator_and_more.py
+++ b/osf/migrations/0026_add_is_institutional_request_is_curator.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
-        ('osf', '0025_contributor_is_curator_and_more'),
+        ('osf', '0025_institutional_request_access_enabled_and_more'),
     ]
 
     operations = [