How to store boolean type data into a column in a postgresql db table with data type “bit” using hibernate?

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I have a variable of type Boolean in my entity class by name "isActive". It to mapped to a column by name "is_active" with data type as bit.

@Column(name = "is_active")
private boolean isActive;

But when ever I try to save isActive attribute of the object, I get an error:

column "is_active" is of type bit but expression is of type character 
varying Hint: You will need to rewrite or cast the expression.

How do I store the values the values of isActive? I want to store "1" in the database when value of "isActive" is true and "0" when "isActive" is false.

Thank you!

What I have tried:

Tried many online solutions like annotating with @Type annotations and adding various properties to the @Column annotation like

@Column(name = "is_active" nullable=false, columnDefinition="TINYINT", length=1)

etc...