diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json
index 94846d0525..f16abf1e4e 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@
           "type": "boolean"
         },
         "gather_facts": {
-          "title": "Gather Facts",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Gather Facts"
         },
         "gather_subset": {
           "items": {
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json
index 983033f820..ddf839b33d 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@
           "type": "boolean"
         },
         "gather_facts": {
-          "title": "Gather Facts",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Gather Facts"
         },
         "gather_subset": {
           "items": {
diff --git a/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml.md b/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml.md
index 0eb3a4ba16..740daba330 100644
--- a/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml.md
+++ b/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml.md
@@ -63,7 +63,25 @@
     "params": {
       "type": "boolean"
     },
-    "schemaPath": "#/properties/gather_facts/type"
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/0/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/gather_facts",
+    "keyword": "pattern",
+    "message": "must match pattern \"^\\{[\\{%](.|[\r\n])*[\\}%]\\}$\"",
+    "params": {
+      "pattern": "^\\{[\\{%](.|[\r\n])*[\\}%]\\}$"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/$defs/full-jinja/pattern"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/gather_facts",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf"
   },
   {
     "instancePath": "/0",
@@ -111,9 +129,17 @@ stdout:
           "path": "$[0]",
           "message": "'import_playbook' is a required property"
         },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].gather_facts",
+          "message": "'non' is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
         {
           "path": "$[0].gather_facts",
           "message": "'non' is not of type 'boolean'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].gather_facts",
+          "message": "'non' does not match '^\\\\{[\\\\{%](.|[\\r\\n])*[\\\\}%]\\\\}$'"
         }
       ]
     }
diff --git a/test/schemas/test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml b/test/schemas/test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml
index 598188d6c2..bdba79023e 100644
--- a/test/schemas/test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml
+++ b/test/schemas/test/playbooks/gather_facts.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@
   tasks:
     - ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: foo
+
+- hosts: localhost
+  gather_facts: "{{ facts_var_bool | default(false) }}"
+  tasks:
+    - ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: bar