diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts
index 8cbd6f850578..ee527aff480e 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/commands/dev.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ export default defineNuxtCommand({
       hostname: args.host || args.h || process.env.NUXT_HOST || config.devServer.host,
       https: (args.https !== false && (args.https || config.devServer.https))
         ? {
-            cert: args['ssl-cert'] || (config.devServer.https && config.devServer.https.cert) || undefined,
-            key: args['ssl-key'] || (config.devServer.https && config.devServer.https.key) || undefined
+            cert: args['ssl-cert'] || (typeof config.devServer.https !== 'boolean' && config.devServer.https.cert) || undefined,
+            key: args['ssl-key'] || (typeof config.devServer.https !== 'boolean' && config.devServer.https.key) || undefined
           }
         : false
     })
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/dev.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/dev.ts
index 998befa42dc8..e56860fa865c 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/dev.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/dev.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      * ```
      *
      *
-     * @type {false | { key: string; cert: string }}
+     * @type {boolean | { key: string; cert: string }}
      *
      */
     https: false,