diff --git a/codegen-core/common-test-models/rest-json-extras.smithy b/codegen-core/common-test-models/rest-json-extras.smithy
index a4ff54af966..536f5959d8f 100644
--- a/codegen-core/common-test-models/rest-json-extras.smithy
+++ b/codegen-core/common-test-models/rest-json-extras.smithy
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@ use smithy.test#httpRequestTests
 use smithy.test#httpResponseTests
 use smithy.framework#ValidationException
 
+// TODO: Remove this test once it's fixed in Smithy
+apply AllQueryStringTypes @httpRequestTests([
+    {
+        id: "RestJsonZeroAndFalseQueryValuesFixed"
+        documentation: "Query values of 0 and false are serialized"
+        protocol: restJson1
+        method: "GET"
+        uri: "/AllQueryStringTypesInput"
+        body: ""
+        queryParams: [
+            "Integer=0"
+            "Boolean=false"
+        ]
+        params: {
+            queryInteger: 0
+            queryBoolean: false
+            queryParamsMapOfStringList: {
+                queryInteger: ["0"]
+                queryBoolean: ["false"]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+])
+
 apply QueryPrecedence @httpRequestTests([
     {
         id: "UrlParamsKeyEncoding",
diff --git a/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/generators/protocol/ServerProtocolTestGenerator.kt b/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/generators/protocol/ServerProtocolTestGenerator.kt
index b9cb2f533e0..2633fd5765d 100644
--- a/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/generators/protocol/ServerProtocolTestGenerator.kt
+++ b/codegen-server/src/main/kotlin/software/amazon/smithy/rust/codegen/server/smithy/generators/protocol/ServerProtocolTestGenerator.kt
@@ -812,6 +812,8 @@ class ServerProtocolTestGenerator(
                 FailingTest(RestJson, "RestJsonEndpointTrait", TestType.Request),
                 FailingTest(RestJson, "RestJsonEndpointTraitWithHostLabel", TestType.Request),
                 FailingTest(RestJson, "RestJsonOmitsEmptyListQueryValues", TestType.Request),
+                // TODO: Remove this failing test once it's fixed in Smithy
+                FailingTest(RestJson, "RestJsonZeroAndFalseQueryValues", TestType.Request),
                 // Tests involving `@range` on floats.
                 // Pending resolution from the Smithy team, see https://github.com/smithy-lang/smithy-rs/issues/2007.
                 FailingTest(RestJsonValidation, "RestJsonMalformedRangeFloat_case0", TestType.MalformedRequest),
@@ -912,60 +914,6 @@ class ServerProtocolTestGenerator(
                 "S3EscapePathObjectKeyInUriLabel",
             )
 
-        private fun fixRestJsonAllQueryStringTypes(
-            testCase: HttpRequestTestCase,
-            @Suppress("UNUSED_PARAMETER")
-            operationShape: OperationShape,
-        ): HttpRequestTestCase =
-            testCase.toBuilder().params(
-                Node.parse(
-                    """
-                    {
-                        "queryString": "Hello there",
-                        "queryStringList": ["a", "b", "c"],
-                        "queryStringSet": ["a", "b", "c"],
-                        "queryByte": 1,
-                        "queryShort": 2,
-                        "queryInteger": 3,
-                        "queryIntegerList": [1, 2, 3],
-                        "queryIntegerSet": [1, 2, 3],
-                        "queryLong": 4,
-                        "queryFloat": 1.1,
-                        "queryDouble": 1.1,
-                        "queryDoubleList": [1.1, 2.1, 3.1],
-                        "queryBoolean": true,
-                        "queryBooleanList": [true, false, true],
-                        "queryTimestamp": 1,
-                        "queryTimestampList": [1, 2, 3],
-                        "queryEnum": "Foo",
-                        "queryIntegerEnum": 1,
-                        "queryIntegerEnumList": [1,2,3],
-                        "queryEnumList": ["Foo", "Baz", "Bar"],
-                        "queryParamsMapOfStringList": {
-                            "String": ["Hello there"],
-                            "StringList": ["a", "b", "c"],
-                            "StringSet": ["a", "b", "c"],
-                            "Byte": ["1"],
-                            "Short": ["2"],
-                            "Integer": ["3"],
-                            "IntegerList": ["1", "2", "3"],
-                            "IntegerSet": ["1", "2", "3"],
-                            "Long": ["4"],
-                            "Float": ["1.1"],
-                            "Double": ["1.1"],
-                            "DoubleList": ["1.1", "2.1", "3.1"],
-                            "Boolean": ["true"],
-                            "BooleanList": ["true", "false", "true"],
-                            "Timestamp": ["1970-01-01T00:00:01Z"],
-                            "TimestampList": ["1970-01-01T00:00:01Z", "1970-01-01T00:00:02Z", "1970-01-01T00:00:03Z"],
-                            "Enum": ["Foo"],
-                            "EnumList": ["Foo", "Baz", "Bar"]
-                        }
-                    }
-                    """.trimMargin(),
-                ).asObjectNode().get(),
-            ).build()
-
         // TODO(https://github.com/awslabs/smithy/issues/1506)
         private fun fixRestJsonMalformedPatternReDOSString(
             testCase: HttpMalformedRequestTestCase,
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 71f5254c827..2c8b5ab29ac 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 
 # codegen
 smithyGradlePluginVersion=0.9.0
-smithyVersion=1.43.0
+smithyVersion=1.44.0
 
 # kotlin
 kotlinVersion=1.9.20
diff --git a/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-types/src/blob.rs b/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-types/src/blob.rs
index eebdd60ca21..7f76a45df3b 100644
--- a/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-types/src/blob.rs
+++ b/rust-runtime/aws-smithy-types/src/blob.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /// Binary Blob Type
 ///
 /// Blobs represent protocol-agnostic binary content.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Clone)]
 pub struct Blob {
     inner: Vec<u8>,
 }