diff --git a/internal/validators/registries/npm.go b/internal/validators/registries/npm.go
index 1e5bd0d..db372db 100644
--- a/internal/validators/registries/npm.go
+++ b/internal/validators/registries/npm.go
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ func ValidateNPM(ctx context.Context, pkg model.Package, serverName string) erro
 		pkg.RegistryBaseURL = model.RegistryURLNPM
 	}
 
+	if pkg.Identifier == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("package identifier is required for NPM packages")
+	}
+
+	// we need version to look up the package metadata
+	// not providing version will return all the versions
+	// and we won't be able to validate the mcpName field
+	// against the server name
+	if pkg.Version == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("package version is required for NPM packages")
+	}
+
 	// Validate that the registry base URL matches NPM exactly
 	if pkg.RegistryBaseURL != model.RegistryURLNPM {
 		return fmt.Errorf("registry type and base URL do not match: '%s' is not valid for registry type '%s'. Expected: %s",
diff --git a/internal/validators/registries/npm_test.go b/internal/validators/registries/npm_test.go
index 0ebb407..6b32a84 100644
--- a/internal/validators/registries/npm_test.go
+++ b/internal/validators/registries/npm_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,30 @@ func TestValidateNPM_RealPackages(t *testing.T) {
 		expectError  bool
 		errorMessage string
 	}{
+		{
+			name:         "empty package identifier should fail",
+			packageName:  "",
+			version:      "1.0.0",
+			serverName:   "com.example/test",
+			expectError:  true,
+			errorMessage: "package identifier is required for NPM packages",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "empty package version should fail",
+			packageName:  "test-package",
+			version:      "",
+			serverName:   "com.example/test",
+			expectError:  true,
+			errorMessage: "package version is required for NPM packages",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "both empty identifier and version should fail with identifier error first",
+			packageName:  "",
+			version:      "",
+			serverName:   "com.example/test",
+			expectError:  true,
+			errorMessage: "package identifier is required for NPM packages",
+		},
 		{
 			name:         "non-existent package should fail",
 			packageName:  generateRandomPackageName(),