diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
index 860ef17dca03158c258653380ff8093c6d2ea6d6..45c7922277d476cc68f3237243f688c48012b5e4 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
@@ -112,19 +112,19 @@ def quote_default_expression(value, column) # :nodoc:
       end
 
       def quoted_true
-        "'t'"
+        "'t'".freeze
       end
 
       def unquoted_true
-        't'
+        't'.freeze
       end
 
       def quoted_false
-        "'f'"
+        "'f'".freeze
       end
 
       def unquoted_false
-        'f'
+        'f'.freeze
       end
 
       # Quote date/time values for use in SQL input. Includes microseconds
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/quoting.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/quoting.rb
index fbab654112cdaff77b4bba7c7cfdca943b4059ec..5b59e39d9f7f1fb13c659b0b837584d953aee758 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/quoting.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql/quoting.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
   module ConnectionAdapters
     module MySQL
       module Quoting # :nodoc:
-        QUOTED_TRUE, QUOTED_FALSE = '1', '0'
+        QUOTED_TRUE, QUOTED_FALSE = '1'.freeze, '0'.freeze
 
         def quote_column_name(name)
           @quoted_column_names[name] ||= "`#{super.gsub('`', '``')}`"
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/quoting_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/quoting_test.rb
index c01c82f4f58a61412169044abc051aff99b6610a..225e23bc83d8147c0e25081ff190c68d3884a001 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/quoting_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/quoting_test.rb
@@ -149,5 +149,21 @@ def test_quote_duration
         assert_equal "1800", @quoter.quote(30.minutes)
       end
     end
+
+    class QuoteBooleanTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+      def setup
+        @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
+      end
+
+      def test_quote_returns_frozen_string
+        assert_predicate @connection.quote(true), :frozen?
+        assert_predicate @connection.quote(false), :frozen?
+      end
+
+      def test_type_cast_returns_frozen_value
+        assert_predicate @connection.type_cast(true), :frozen?
+        assert_predicate @connection.type_cast(false), :frozen?
+      end
+    end
   end
 end