diff --git a/shared/source/compiler_interface/compiler_interface.cpp b/shared/source/compiler_interface/compiler_interface.cpp
index 13d43bd644..1fb7c887e8 100644
--- a/shared/source/compiler_interface/compiler_interface.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/compiler_interface/compiler_interface.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ void TranslationOutput::makeCopy(MemAndSize &dst, CIF::Builtins::BufferSimple *s
 
 CompilerInterface::CompilerInterface()
     : cache() {
-    if (debugManager.flags.FinalizerInputType.get() != 0) {
-        this->finalizerInputType = debugManager.flags.FinalizerInputType.get();
+    if (debugManager.flags.FinalizerInputType.get() != "unk") {
+        this->finalizerInputType = IGC::CodeType::CodeTypeCoder::Enc(debugManager.flags.FinalizerInputType.get().c_str());
     }
 }
 CompilerInterface::~CompilerInterface() = default;
diff --git a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
index 1cc5f205a6..ec38b1d39b 100644
--- a/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
+++ b/shared/source/debug_settings/debug_variables_base.inl
@@ -677,8 +677,8 @@ DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, EnableSetPair, -1, "Use SET_PAIR to pair two buf
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, ForcePreferredAllocationMethod, -1, "Sets preferred allocation method for Wddm paths; values = -1: driver default, 0: UseUmdSystemPtr, 1: AllocateByKmd")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, EventTimestampRefreshIntervalInMilliSec, -1, "-1: use driver default, This value sets the refresh interval for getting synchronized GPU and CPU timestamp")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, ReadOnlyAllocationsTypeMask, 0, "0: default,  >0: (bitmask) for given Graphics Allocation Type, set as read only resource.")
-DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, IgnoreZebinUnknownAttributes, false, "enable to treat unknown zebin attributes as warning instead of error");
-DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int64_t, FinalizerInputType, 0, "0: default (N/A), input type for finalizer")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(bool, IgnoreZebinUnknownAttributes, false, "enable to treat unknown zebin attributes as warning instead of error")
+DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(std::string, FinalizerInputType, std::string("unk"), "unk: default (N/A), input type for finalizer")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(std::string, FinalizerLibraryName, std::string("unk"), "Library name for finalizer")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_SCOPED_V(int32_t, UseIgcAsFcl, 0, S_RT | S_OCLOC, "0: platform default, 1: force use IGC, 2: force use FCL")
 DECLARE_DEBUG_VARIABLE(int32_t, EnableGlobalTimestampViaSubmission, -1, "-1: OS Interface, 0: OS Interface, 1: Submission. This flag sets the type of method to get timestamp for getGlobalTimestamps");
diff --git a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
index 909380f52b..8cba6e6874 100644
--- a/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
+++ b/shared/test/common/test_files/igdrcl.config
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ ForceNonCoherentModeForTimestamps = 0
 SetAssumeNotInUse = 1
 ExperimentalUSMAllocationReuseVersion = -1
 ForceNonWalkerSplitMemoryCopy = -1
-FinalizerInputType = 0
+FinalizerInputType = unk
 FinalizerLibraryName = unk
 EnableGlobalTimestampViaSubmission = -1
 DirectSubmissionSwitchSemaphoreMode = -1