diff --git a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransport.java b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransport.java
index 002009708..ed3bec46f 100644
--- a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransport.java
+++ b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransport.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.McpTransportContextExtractor;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.DefaultServerTransportSecurityValidator;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.HeaderAccessor;
+import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.HttpServletRequestUtils;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.ServerHttpHeaderValidator;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.ServerTransportSecurityException;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.util.Assert;
@@ -185,6 +186,11 @@ protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
 			response.sendError(e.getStatusCode(), e.getMessage());
 			return;
 		}
+		if (!HttpServletRequestUtils.isJsonContentType(request.getContentType())) {
+			response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE,
+					"Unsupported Media Type: Content-Type must be application/json");
+			return;
+		}
 		if (request.getContentLengthLong() > this.requestMaxSize) {
 			response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE);
 			return;
diff --git a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/transport/HttpServletRequestUtils.java b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/transport/HttpServletRequestUtils.java
index ddbced4eb..6ffe4ffed 100644
--- a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/transport/HttpServletRequestUtils.java
+++ b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/transport/HttpServletRequestUtils.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @author Daniel Garnier-Moiroux
  */
-final class HttpServletRequestUtils {
+public final class HttpServletRequestUtils {
 
 	private static final String APPLICATION_JSON = "application/json";
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ private HttpServletRequestUtils() {
 	 * @param contentType The {@code Content-Type} header value, may be {@code null}
 	 * @return {@code true} if the media type is {@code application/json}
 	 */
-	static boolean isJsonContentType(String contentType) {
+	public static boolean isJsonContentType(String contentType) {
 		if (contentType == null) {
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransportIntegrationTests.java b/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransportIntegrationTests.java
index 9bd943125..41ba8b78f 100644
--- a/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransportIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/modern/server/transport/HttpServletMcpTransportIntegrationTests.java
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.NullAndEmptySource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
@@ -198,6 +201,36 @@ void singleToolCallReturnsJson() throws Exception {
 			.hasValueSatisfying(v -> assertThat(v).contains("application/json"));
 	}
 
+	@ParameterizedTest
+	@NullAndEmptySource
+	@ValueSource(strings = { "text/plain", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "multipart/form-data",
+			"application/json-rpc", "application/jsonp", "text/plain; a=application/json" })
+	void postWithNonJsonContentTypeIsRejected(String contentType) throws Exception {
+		HttpRequest original = post("tools/call", Map.of("_meta", meta(), "name", "echo")).header("Mcp-Name", "echo")
+			.build();
+		HttpRequest.Builder builder = HttpRequest.newBuilder(original,
+				(name, value) -> !name.equalsIgnoreCase("Content-Type"));
+		if (contentType != null) {
+			builder.header("Content-Type", contentType);
+		}
+		HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
+			.send(builder.build(), HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+		assertThat(response.statusCode()).isEqualTo(415);
+	}
+
+	@ParameterizedTest
+	@ValueSource(strings = { "application/json; charset=utf-8", "Application/JSON", "Application/JSON; charset=UTF-8" })
+	void postWithJsonContentTypeIsAccepted(String contentType) throws Exception {
+		HttpRequest request = post("tools/call", Map.of("_meta", meta(), "name", "echo")).header("Mcp-Name", "echo")
+			.setHeader("Content-Type", contentType)
+			.build();
+		HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
+
+		assertThat(response.statusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
+		assertThat(response.body()).contains("echo:echo");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void streamingToolCallReturnsSse() throws Exception {
 		Map<String, Object> meta = meta();