diff --git a/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/pool.go b/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/pool.go
index 574f650b..4eb4687a 100644
--- a/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/pool.go
+++ b/cmd/garm-cli/cmd/pool.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ explicitly remove them using the runner delete command.
 		}
 
 		if cmd.Flags().Changed("runner-bootstrap-timeout") {
-			poolUpdateParams.RunnerBootstrapTimeout = poolRunnerBootstrapTimeout
+			poolUpdateParams.RunnerBootstrapTimeout = &poolRunnerBootstrapTimeout
 		}
 
 		pool, err := cli.UpdatePoolByID(args[0], poolUpdateParams)
diff --git a/database/sql/util.go b/database/sql/util.go
index 3852845e..40f640ba 100644
--- a/database/sql/util.go
+++ b/database/sql/util.go
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ func (s *sqlDatabase) updatePool(pool Pool, param params.UpdatePoolParams) (para
 		pool.OSType = param.OSType
 	}
 
-	if param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout > 0 {
-		pool.RunnerBootstrapTimeout = param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout
+	if param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout != nil && *param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout > 0 {
+		pool.RunnerBootstrapTimeout = *param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout
 	}
 
 	if q := s.conn.Save(&pool); q.Error != nil {
diff --git a/params/requests.go b/params/requests.go
index 30deab74..1f51bfa4 100644
--- a/params/requests.go
+++ b/params/requests.go
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ type NewUserParams struct {
 }
 
 type UpdatePoolParams struct {
-	Tags                   []string      `json:"tags"`
-	Enabled                *bool         `json:"enabled"`
-	MaxRunners             *uint         `json:"max_runners"`
-	MinIdleRunners         *uint         `json:"min_idle_runners"`
-	RunnerBootstrapTimeout uint          `json:"runner_bootstrap_timeout"`
+	Tags                   []string      `json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	Enabled                *bool         `json:"enabled,omitempty"`
+	MaxRunners             *uint         `json:"max_runners,omitempty"`
+	MinIdleRunners         *uint         `json:"min_idle_runners,omitempty"`
+	RunnerBootstrapTimeout *uint         `json:"runner_bootstrap_timeout,omitempty"`
 	Image                  string        `json:"image"`
 	Flavor                 string        `json:"flavor"`
 	OSType                 config.OSType `json:"os_type"`
diff --git a/runner/pools.go b/runner/pools.go
index 54c59c55..060f7cbd 100644
--- a/runner/pools.go
+++ b/runner/pools.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (r *Runner) UpdatePoolByID(ctx context.Context, poolID string, param params
 		minIdleRunners = *param.MinIdleRunners
 	}
 
-	if param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout == 0 {
+	if param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout != nil && *param.RunnerBootstrapTimeout == 0 {
 		return params.Pool{}, runnerErrors.NewBadRequestError("runner_bootstrap_timeout cannot be 0")
 	}