diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/database-query-provider/table.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/database-query-provider/table.ts
index a2e2a4dc4bee9..bc0c1d44971ff 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/database-query-provider/table.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/database-query-provider/table.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { ClusterProps, executeStatement } from './util';
 
 export async function handler(props: TableHandlerProps & ClusterProps, event: AWSLambda.CloudFormationCustomResourceEvent) {
   const tableNamePrefix = props.tableName.prefix;
-  const tableNameSuffix = props.tableName.generateSuffix ? `${event.RequestId.substring(0, 8)}` : '';
+  const tableNameSuffix = props.tableName.generateSuffix === 'true' ? `${event.RequestId.substring(0, 8)}` : '';
   const tableColumns = props.tableColumns;
   const clusterProps = props;
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/handler-props.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/handler-props.ts
index b00cc667a2ced..0cc1c49066bf7 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/handler-props.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/private/handler-props.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface UserHandlerProps {
 export interface TableHandlerProps {
   readonly tableName: {
     readonly prefix: string;
-    readonly generateSuffix: boolean;
+    readonly generateSuffix: string;
   };
   readonly tableColumns: Column[];
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/table.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/table.ts
index 337abdedd00a1..a2d4904f0361a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/table.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/lib/table.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class Table extends TableBase {
       properties: {
         tableName: {
           prefix: props.tableName ?? cdk.Names.uniqueId(this),
-          generateSuffix: !props.tableName,
+          generateSuffix: !props.tableName ? 'true' : 'false',
         },
         tableColumns: this.tableColumns,
       },
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/database-query-provider/table.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/database-query-provider/table.test.ts
index 956efca1ab81f..40456bcf6d7ca 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/database-query-provider/table.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/database-query-provider/table.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const physicalResourceId = 'PhysicalResourceId';
 const resourceProperties = {
   tableName: {
     prefix: tableNamePrefix,
-    generateSuffix: true,
+    generateSuffix: 'true',
   },
   tableColumns,
   clusterName,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('create', () => {
       ...resourceProperties,
       tableName: {
         ...resourceProperties.tableName,
-        generateSuffix: false,
+        generateSuffix: 'false',
       },
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/integ.database.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/integ.database.expected.json
index 4cfb1faea5118..f38a1d5b3818e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/integ.database.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/integ.database.expected.json
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
         "databaseName": "my_db",
         "tableName": {
           "prefix": "awscdkredshiftclusterdatabaseTable24923533",
-          "generateSuffix": true
+          "generateSuffix": "true"
         },
         "tableColumns": [
           {
@@ -1412,4 +1412,4 @@
       "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"daeb79e3cee39c9b902dc0d5c780223e227ed573ea60976252947adab5fb2be1\""
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/table.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/table.test.ts
index 97f66b57042f5..dda05eb9cc063 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/table.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-redshift/test/table.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe('cluster table', () => {
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('Custom::RedshiftDatabaseQuery', {
       tableName: {
         prefix: 'Table',
-        generateSuffix: true,
+        generateSuffix: 'true',
       },
       tableColumns,
     });
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('cluster table', () => {
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('Custom::RedshiftDatabaseQuery', {
       tableName: {
         prefix: tableName,
-        generateSuffix: false,
+        generateSuffix: 'false',
       },
     });
   });