diff --git a/api/core/mcp/types.py b/api/core/mcp/types.py
index 10e3082aa3..9470d39f41 100644
--- a/api/core/mcp/types.py
+++ b/api/core/mcp/types.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from collections.abc import Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, FileUrl, RootModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, FileUrl, RootModel, model_validator
 from pydantic.networks import AnyUrl, UrlConstraints
 
 """
@@ -173,7 +173,21 @@ class JSONRPCError(BaseModel):
 
 
 class JSONRPCMessage(RootModel[JSONRPCRequest | JSONRPCNotification | JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCError]):
-    pass
+    @model_validator(mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def _select_message_type(
+        cls, value: Any
+    ) -> JSONRPCRequest | JSONRPCNotification | JSONRPCResponse | JSONRPCError | Any:
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            if "result" in value:
+                return JSONRPCResponse.model_validate(value)
+            if "error" in value:
+                return JSONRPCError.model_validate(value)
+            if "method" in value:
+                if "id" in value:
+                    return JSONRPCRequest.model_validate(value)
+                return JSONRPCNotification.model_validate(value)
+        return value
 
 
 class EmptyResult(Result):
diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/core/mcp/client/test_sse.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/core/mcp/client/test_sse.py
index e6eeb6cd59..ea0ff7395d 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit_tests/core/mcp/client/test_sse.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/core/mcp/client/test_sse.py
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ def test_sse_message_id_coercion():
     assert msg.root.jsonrpc == expected.root.jsonrpc
 
 
+def test_sse_message_without_id_stays_notification():
+    """Test that method messages without an ID still parse as notifications."""
+    json_message = '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "ping", "params": null}'
+
+    msg = types.JSONRPCMessage.model_validate_json(json_message)
+
+    assert isinstance(msg.root, types.JSONRPCNotification)
+    assert msg.root.method == "ping"
+    assert msg.root.jsonrpc == "2.0"
+
+
 class MockSSEClient:
     """Mock SSE client for testing."""