diff --git a/packages/table-core/src/features/column-faceting/createFacetedRowModel.ts b/packages/table-core/src/features/column-faceting/createFacetedRowModel.ts
index 4ad66d25be..a2b55d3dc3 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/src/features/column-faceting/createFacetedRowModel.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/src/features/column-faceting/createFacetedRowModel.ts
@@ -54,9 +54,15 @@ function _createFacetedRowModel<
   columnId: string,
   preRowModel: RowModel<TFeatures, TData>,
   columnFilters?: ColumnFiltersState,
-  globalFilter?: string,
+  globalFilter?: any,
 ) {
-  if (!preRowModel.rows.length || (!columnFilters?.length && !globalFilter)) {
+  const hasGlobalFilter =
+    globalFilter !== undefined && globalFilter !== null && globalFilter !== ''
+
+  if (
+    !preRowModel.rows.length ||
+    (!columnFilters?.length && !hasGlobalFilter)
+  ) {
     return preRowModel
   }
 
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ function _createFacetedRowModel<
   }
   // The global context excludes the global filter itself, mirroring how a
   // column's faceted model excludes that column's own filter
-  if (globalFilter && columnId !== '__global__')
+  if (hasGlobalFilter && columnId !== '__global__')
     filterableIds.push('__global__')
 
   if (!filterableIds.length) {
diff --git a/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.ts b/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.ts
index 505b0de17a..79ed4e1bc2 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ function _createFilteredRowModel<
   const rowModel = table.getPreFilteredRowModel()
   const columnFilters = table.atoms.columnFilters?.get()
   const globalFilter = table.atoms.globalFilter?.get()
+  const hasGlobalFilter =
+    globalFilter !== undefined && globalFilter !== null && globalFilter !== ''
 
-  if (!rowModel.rows.length || (!columnFilters?.length && !globalFilter)) {
+  if (!rowModel.rows.length || (!columnFilters?.length && !hasGlobalFilter)) {
     const flatRows = rowModel.flatRows as Array<
       Row<TFeatures, TData> & Partial<Row_ColumnFiltering<TFeatures, TData>>
     >
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ function _createFilteredRowModel<
     .getAllLeafColumns()
     .filter((column) => column_getCanGlobalFilter(column))
 
-  if (globalFilter && globalFilterFn && globallyFilterableColumns.length) {
+  if (hasGlobalFilter && globalFilterFn && globallyFilterableColumns.length) {
     filterableIds.push('__global__')
 
     globallyFilterableColumns.forEach((column) => {
diff --git a/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts b/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
index 1722c7934c..455a34f509 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
@@ -509,6 +509,19 @@ describe('createFilteredRowModel', () => {
 
       expect(rowNames(table.getFilteredRowModel().rows)).toEqual(['Keep Me'])
     })
+
+    it('should apply a numeric zero global filter value', () => {
+      const table = constructTable<typeof features, TestRow>({
+        features,
+        columns,
+        data: [{ name: 'status 0' }, { name: 'status 1' }],
+        initialState: {
+          globalFilter: 0,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(rowNames(table.getFilteredRowModel().rows)).toEqual(['status 0'])
+    })
   })
 
   describe('unresolvable global filter fn', () => {