diff --git a/doc/src/release_notes.rst b/doc/src/release_notes.rst
index 8927b7f..2c22a0c 100644
--- a/doc/src/release_notes.rst
+++ b/doc/src/release_notes.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Common Changes
     and scale allow for it -- in the same way that numbers are fetched from the
     database
     (`issue 99 <https://github.com/oracle/python-oracledb/issues/99>`__).
+#)  Fixed bug with binding boolean values with Oracle Database 23c
+    (`issue 263 <https://github.com/oracle/python-oracledb/issues/263>`__).
 #)  Fixed bug with getting unknown attributes from DbObject instances.
 #)  Error ``DPY-4029: errors in array DML exceed 65535`` is now raised when the
     number of batch errors exceeds 65535 when calling
diff --git a/src/oracledb/base_impl.pxd b/src/oracledb/base_impl.pxd
index 2b5024b..2664825 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/base_impl.pxd
+++ b/src/oracledb/base_impl.pxd
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ cdef class BaseConnImpl:
         public object outputtypehandler
         public bint autocommit
         public bint invoke_session_callback
+        readonly tuple server_version
+        readonly bint supports_bool
 
     cdef object _check_value(self, DbType dbtype, BaseDbObjectTypeImpl objtype,
                              object value, bint* is_ok)
diff --git a/src/oracledb/connection.py b/src/oracledb/connection.py
index e7fd13c..988d7ec 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/connection.py
+++ b/src/oracledb/connection.py
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ class Connection:
         """
         if self._version is None:
             self._verify_connected()
-            self._version = self._impl.get_version()
+            self._version = ".".join(str(c) for c in self._impl.server_version)
         return self._version
 
     def xid(
diff --git a/src/oracledb/impl/base/connection.pyx b/src/oracledb/impl/base/connection.pyx
index fa9ba9f..265975d 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/impl/base/connection.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/impl/base/connection.pyx
@@ -264,10 +264,6 @@ cdef class BaseConnImpl:
     def get_type(self, object conn, str name):
         pass
 
-    @utils.CheckImpls("getting the database version")
-    def get_version(self):
-        pass
-
     @utils.CheckImpls("pinging the database")
     def ping(self):
         pass
diff --git a/src/oracledb/impl/base/var.pyx b/src/oracledb/impl/base/var.pyx
index 2b1492c..d14ec3e 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/impl/base/var.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/impl/base/var.pyx
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ cdef class BaseVarImpl:
             dbtype = DB_TYPE_VARCHAR
             size = 1
         elif isinstance(value, PY_TYPE_BOOL):
-            dbtype = DB_TYPE_BOOLEAN if is_plsql else DB_TYPE_BINARY_INTEGER
+            dbtype = DB_TYPE_BOOLEAN \
+                    if self._conn_impl.supports_bool or is_plsql \
+                    else DB_TYPE_BINARY_INTEGER
         elif isinstance(value, str):
             size = <uint32_t> len(value)
             dbtype = DB_TYPE_VARCHAR
diff --git a/src/oracledb/impl/thick/connection.pyx b/src/oracledb/impl/thick/connection.pyx
index 236ebc2..d0a823c 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/impl/thick/connection.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/impl/thick/connection.pyx
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ cdef class ThickConnImpl(BaseConnImpl):
             dpiConnCreateParams conn_params
             ConnectParamsImpl pool_params
             dpiAccessToken access_token
+            dpiVersionInfo version_info
             ConnectionParams params
             int status
 
@@ -387,8 +388,20 @@ cdef class ThickConnImpl(BaseConnImpl):
                                     params.password_len, params.dsn_ptr,
                                     params.dsn_len, &common_params,
                                     &conn_params, &self._handle)
+            if status == DPI_SUCCESS:
+                status = dpiConn_getServerVersion(self._handle, NULL, NULL,
+                                                  &version_info)
         if status < 0:
             _raise_from_odpi()
+        self.server_version = (
+            version_info.versionNum,
+            version_info.releaseNum,
+            version_info.updateNum,
+            version_info.portReleaseNum,
+            version_info.portUpdateNum
+        )
+        self.supports_bool = client_version_info.versionNum >= 23 \
+                and version_info.versionNum >= 23
 
         # determine if session callback should be invoked; this takes place if
         # the connection is newly created by the pool or if the requested tag
@@ -581,20 +594,6 @@ cdef class ThickConnImpl(BaseConnImpl):
         finally:
             dpiObjectType_release(handle)
 
-    def get_version(self):
-        cdef:
-            dpiVersionInfo version_info
-            int status
-        with nogil:
-            status = dpiConn_getServerVersion(self._handle, NULL, NULL,
-                                              &version_info)
-        if status < 0:
-            _raise_from_odpi()
-        return "%d.%d.%d.%d.%d" % \
-                (version_info.versionNum, version_info.releaseNum,
-                 version_info.updateNum, version_info.portReleaseNum,
-                 version_info.portUpdateNum)
-
     def set_action(self, str value):
         self._set_text_attr(dpiConn_setAction, value)
 
diff --git a/src/oracledb/impl/thick/utils.pyx b/src/oracledb/impl/thick/utils.pyx
index b873c2b..c82e91b 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/impl/thick/utils.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/impl/thick/utils.pyx
@@ -433,21 +433,15 @@ def clientversion():
     The five values are the major version, minor version, update number, patch
     number and port update number.
     """
-    cdef dpiVersionInfo info
-    global client_version
-    if client_version is None:
-        if driver_context == NULL:
-            errors._raise_err(errors.ERR_INIT_ORACLE_CLIENT_NOT_CALLED)
-        if dpiContext_getClientVersion(driver_context, &info) < 0:
-            _raise_from_odpi()
-        client_version = (
-            info.versionNum,
-            info.releaseNum,
-            info.updateNum,
-            info.portReleaseNum,
-            info.portUpdateNum
-        )
-    return client_version
+    if driver_context == NULL:
+        errors._raise_err(errors.ERR_INIT_ORACLE_CLIENT_NOT_CALLED)
+    return (
+        client_version_info.versionNum,
+        client_version_info.releaseNum,
+        client_version_info.updateNum,
+        client_version_info.portReleaseNum,
+        client_version_info.portUpdateNum
+    )
 
 
 def init_oracle_client(lib_dir=None, config_dir=None, error_url=None,
@@ -494,6 +488,9 @@ def init_oracle_client(lib_dir=None, config_dir=None, error_url=None,
                                        &params, &driver_context,
                                        &error_info) < 0:
             _raise_from_info(&error_info)
+        if dpiContext_getClientVersion(driver_context,
+                                       &client_version_info) < 0:
+            _raise_from_odpi()
         driver_context_params = params_tuple
 
 
diff --git a/src/oracledb/impl/thin/connection.pyx b/src/oracledb/impl/thin/connection.pyx
index b0f4741..4c447e5 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/impl/thin/connection.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/impl/thin/connection.pyx
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ cdef class ThinConnImpl(BaseConnImpl):
         uint32_t _statement_cache_size
         object _statement_cache_lock
         Protocol _protocol
-        str _server_version
         uint32_t _session_id
         uint32_t _serial_num
         str _action
@@ -353,9 +352,6 @@ cdef class ThinConnImpl(BaseConnImpl):
                 get_dbobject_type_cache(self._dbobject_type_cache_num)
         return cache.get_type(conn, name)
 
-    def get_version(self):
-        return self._server_version
-
     def ping(self):
         cdef Message message
         message = self._create_message(PingMessage)
diff --git a/src/oracledb/impl/thin/messages.pyx b/src/oracledb/impl/thin/messages.pyx
index 60ad96d..ac0a0cb 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/impl/thin/messages.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/impl/thin/messages.pyx
@@ -1538,9 +1538,9 @@ cdef class AuthMessage(Message):
                     self.session_data.get("AUTH_SC_SERVICE_NAME")
             self.conn_impl._instance_name = \
                     self.session_data.get("AUTH_INSTANCENAME")
-
-            self.conn_impl._server_version = \
-                    "%d.%d.%d.%d.%d" % self._get_version_tuple(buf)
+            self.conn_impl.server_version = self._get_version_tuple(buf)
+            self.conn_impl.supports_bool = \
+                    buf._caps.ttc_field_version >= TNS_CCAP_FIELD_VERSION_23_1
 
     cdef int _set_params(self, ConnectParamsImpl params,
                          Description description) except -1:
diff --git a/src/oracledb/thick_impl.pyx b/src/oracledb/thick_impl.pyx
index d1b5d83..e7e381a 100644
--- a/src/oracledb/thick_impl.pyx
+++ b/src/oracledb/thick_impl.pyx
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ cdef type PY_TYPE_LOB
 cdef type PY_TYPE_TIMEDELTA = datetime.timedelta
 
 cdef dpiContext *driver_context = NULL
+cdef dpiVersionInfo client_version_info
 
 driver_context_params = None
-client_version = None
 
 include "impl/thick/buffer.pyx"
 include "impl/thick/connection.pyx"
diff --git a/tests/test_3100_boolean_var.py b/tests/test_3100_boolean_var.py
index e91cbab..e39abf4 100644
--- a/tests/test_3100_boolean_var.py
+++ b/tests/test_3100_boolean_var.py
@@ -106,6 +106,21 @@ class TestCase(test_env.BaseTestCase):
         )
         self.assertIsNone(result)
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(
+        test_env.get_client_version() >= (23, 1), "unsupported client"
+    )
+    @unittest.skipUnless(
+        test_env.get_server_version() >= (23, 1), "unsupported server"
+    )
+    def test_3109_bind_and_fetch_boolean_23c(self):
+        "3109 - test binding and fetching boolean with 23c"
+        for value in (True, False):
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                self.cursor.execute("select not :1 from dual", [value])
+                (fetched_value,) = self.cursor.fetchone()
+                self.assertIsInstance(fetched_value, bool)
+                self.assertEqual(fetched_value, not value)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_env.run_test_cases()
diff --git a/utils/templates/connection.py b/utils/templates/connection.py
index c409bfe..dcdea2f 100644
--- a/utils/templates/connection.py
+++ b/utils/templates/connection.py
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ class Connection:
         """
         if self._version is None:
             self._verify_connected()
-            self._version = self._impl.get_version()
+            self._version = ".".join(str(c) for c in self._impl.server_version)
         return self._version
 
     def xid(