diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json
index 50ded20094..161a31a5fd 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible.json
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
           "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean"
         },
         "module_defaults": {
           "title": "Module Defaults"
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
           "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean"
         },
         "max_fail_percentage": {
           "title": "Max Fail Percentage",
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
           "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean"
         },
         "module_defaults": {
           "title": "Module Defaults"
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
           "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean"
         },
         "listen": {
           "anyOf": [
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json
index a1a31e811a..4bf44b6ba6 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/playbook.json
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ignore_errors"
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
-          "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Ignore Unreachable"
         },
         "module_defaults": {
           "title": "Module Defaults"
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ignore_errors"
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
-          "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Ignore Unreachable"
         },
         "max_fail_percentage": {
           "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-integer",
@@ -747,8 +747,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ignore_errors"
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
-          "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Ignore Unreachable"
         },
         "module_defaults": {
           "title": "Module Defaults"
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ignore_errors"
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
-          "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Ignore Unreachable"
         },
         "include": {
           "$ref": "#/$defs/removed-include-module"
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/tasks.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/tasks.json
index e0273fd50b..d6efec839e 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/tasks.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/tasks.json
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ignore_errors"
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
-          "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Ignore Unreachable"
         },
         "module_defaults": {
           "title": "Module Defaults"
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@
           "$ref": "#/$defs/ignore_errors"
         },
         "ignore_unreachable": {
-          "title": "Ignore Unreachable",
-          "type": "boolean"
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/templated-boolean",
+          "title": "Ignore Unreachable"
         },
         "include": {
           "$ref": "#/$defs/removed-include-module"
diff --git a/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml b/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09349362d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: Test
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Debug
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: ignore_unreachable should not be a string
+      ignore_unreachable: "yes"
+
+    - name: Debug
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: jinja evaluation should not be a string
+      ignore_unreachable: 123
diff --git a/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml.md b/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b12403ddb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/schemas/negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml.md
@@ -0,0 +1,329 @@
+# ajv errors
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0",
+    "keyword": "required",
+    "message": "must have required property 'ansible.builtin.import_playbook'",
+    "params": {
+      "missingProperty": "ansible.builtin.import_playbook"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/0/required"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0",
+    "keyword": "required",
+    "message": "must have required property 'import_playbook'",
+    "params": {
+      "missingProperty": "import_playbook"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/1/required"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0",
+    "keyword": "additionalProperties",
+    "message": "must NOT have additional properties",
+    "params": {
+      "additionalProperty": "hosts"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/additionalProperties"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0",
+    "keyword": "additionalProperties",
+    "message": "must NOT have additional properties",
+    "params": {
+      "additionalProperty": "tasks"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/additionalProperties"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0",
+    "keyword": "required",
+    "message": "must have required property 'block'",
+    "params": {
+      "missingProperty": "block"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/required"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be boolean",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/0/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "pattern",
+    "message": "must match pattern \"^\\{[\\{%](.|[\r\n])*[\\}%]\\}$\"",
+    "params": {
+      "pattern": "^\\{[\\{%](.|[\r\n])*[\\}%]\\}$"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/$defs/full-jinja/pattern"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be boolean",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/0/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "pattern",
+    "message": "must match pattern \"^\\{[\\{%](.|[\r\n])*[\\}%]\\}$\"",
+    "params": {
+      "pattern": "^\\{[\\{%](.|[\r\n])*[\\}%]\\}$"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/$defs/full-jinja/pattern"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/0",
+    "keyword": "anyOf",
+    "message": "must match a schema in anyOf",
+    "params": {},
+    "schemaPath": "#/items/anyOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1",
+    "keyword": "required",
+    "message": "must have required property 'block'",
+    "params": {
+      "missingProperty": "block"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/required"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be boolean",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/0/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be string",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/1/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be string",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/$defs/full-jinja/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be boolean",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/0/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be string",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf/1/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "type",
+    "message": "must be string",
+    "params": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/$defs/full-jinja/type"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1/ignore_unreachable",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/oneOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0/tasks/1",
+    "keyword": "anyOf",
+    "message": "must match a schema in anyOf",
+    "params": {},
+    "schemaPath": "#/items/anyOf"
+  },
+  {
+    "instancePath": "/0",
+    "keyword": "oneOf",
+    "message": "must match exactly one schema in oneOf",
+    "params": {
+      "passingSchemas": null
+    },
+    "schemaPath": "#/items/oneOf"
+  }
+]
+```
+
+# check-jsonschema
+
+stdout:
+
+```json
+{
+  "status": "fail",
+  "successes": [],
+  "errors": [
+    {
+      "filename": "negative_test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml",
+      "path": "$[0]",
+      "message": "{'name': 'Test', 'hosts': 'localhost', 'tasks': [{'name': 'Debug', 'ansible.builtin.debug': {'msg': 'ignore_unreachable should not be a string'}, 'ignore_unreachable': 'yes'}, {'name': 'Debug', 'ansible.builtin.debug': {'msg': 'jinja evaluation should not be a string'}, 'ignore_unreachable': 123}]} is not valid under any of the given schemas",
+      "has_sub_errors": true,
+      "best_match": {
+        "path": "$[0]",
+        "message": "'hosts', 'tasks' do not match any of the regexes: '^(ansible\\\\.builtin\\\\.)?import_playbook$', 'name', 'tags', 'vars', 'when'"
+      },
+      "best_deep_match": {
+        "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+        "message": "'yes' is not of type 'boolean'"
+      },
+      "num_sub_errors": 19,
+      "sub_errors": [
+        {
+          "path": "$[0]",
+          "message": "'hosts', 'tasks' do not match any of the regexes: '^(ansible\\\\.builtin\\\\.)?import_playbook$', 'name', 'tags', 'vars', 'when'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0]",
+          "message": "{'name': 'Test', 'hosts': 'localhost', 'tasks': [{'name': 'Debug', 'ansible.builtin.debug': {'msg': 'ignore_unreachable should not be a string'}, 'ignore_unreachable': 'yes'}, {'name': 'Debug', 'ansible.builtin.debug': {'msg': 'jinja evaluation should not be a string'}, 'ignore_unreachable': 123}]} is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0]",
+          "message": "'ansible.builtin.import_playbook' is a required property"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0]",
+          "message": "'import_playbook' is a required property"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0]",
+          "message": "{'name': 'Debug', 'ansible.builtin.debug': {'msg': 'ignore_unreachable should not be a string'}, 'ignore_unreachable': 'yes'} is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "'yes' is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "'yes' is not of type 'boolean'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "'yes' does not match '^\\\\{[\\\\{%](.|[\\r\\n])*[\\\\}%]\\\\}$'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0]",
+          "message": "'block' is a required property"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "'yes' is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "'yes' is not of type 'boolean'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[0].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "'yes' does not match '^\\\\{[\\\\{%](.|[\\r\\n])*[\\\\}%]\\\\}$'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1]",
+          "message": "{'name': 'Debug', 'ansible.builtin.debug': {'msg': 'jinja evaluation should not be a string'}, 'ignore_unreachable': 123} is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "123 is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "123 is not of type 'boolean'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "123 is not of type 'string'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1]",
+          "message": "'block' is a required property"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "123 is not valid under any of the given schemas"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "123 is not of type 'boolean'"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "$[0].tasks[1].ignore_unreachable",
+          "message": "123 is not of type 'string'"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "parse_errors": []
+}
+```
diff --git a/test/schemas/test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml b/test/schemas/test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dfdc21a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/schemas/test/playbooks/ignore-unreachable.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+- name: Test
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Debug
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: ignore_unreachable should be a boolean
+      ignore_unreachable: true
+
+    - name: Debug
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "foo"
+      ignore_unreachable: '{{ "yes" | bool }}'