diff --git a/nats/js/errors.py b/nats/js/errors.py
index faad26a1..71f0e4d9 100644
--- a/nats/js/errors.py
+++ b/nats/js/errors.py
@@ -238,6 +238,13 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         return "nats: history limited to a max of 64"
 
 
+class InvalidKeyError(Error):
+    """
+    Raised when trying to put an object in Key Value with an invalid key.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
 class InvalidBucketNameError(Error):
     """
     Raised when trying to create a KV or OBJ bucket with invalid name.
diff --git a/nats/js/kv.py b/nats/js/kv.py
index 40b92cd6..53641d4a 100644
--- a/nats/js/kv.py
+++ b/nats/js/kv.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import datetime
+import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
 
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@
 KV_PURGE = "PURGE"
 MSG_ROLLUP_SUBJECT = "sub"
 
+VALID_KEY_RE = re.compile(r'^[-/_=\.a-zA-Z0-9]+$')
+
+def _is_key_valid(key: str) -> bool:
+    if len(key) == 0 or key[0] == '.' or key[-1] == '.':
+        return False
+    return bool(VALID_KEY_RE.match(key))
+
 
 class KeyValue:
     """
@@ -126,6 +134,9 @@ async def get(self, key: str, revision: Optional[int] = None) -> Entry:
         """
         get returns the latest value for the key.
         """
+        if not _is_key_valid(key):
+            raise nats.js.errors.InvalidKeyError
+
         entry = None
         try:
             entry = await self._get(key, revision)
@@ -182,6 +193,9 @@ async def put(self, key: str, value: bytes) -> int:
         put will place the new value for the key into the store
         and return the revision number.
         """
+        if not _is_key_valid(key):
+            raise nats.js.errors.InvalidKeyError(key)
+
         pa = await self._js.publish(f"{self._pre}{key}", value)
         return pa.seq
 
@@ -189,6 +203,9 @@ async def create(self, key: str, value: bytes) -> int:
         """
         create will add the key/value pair iff it does not exist.
         """
+        if not _is_key_valid(key):
+            raise nats.js.errors.InvalidKeyError(key)
+
         pa = None
         try:
             pa = await self.update(key, value, last=0)
@@ -221,6 +238,9 @@ async def update(
         """
         update will update the value iff the latest revision matches.
         """
+        if not _is_key_valid(key):
+            raise nats.js.errors.InvalidKeyError(key)
+
         hdrs = {}
         if not last:
             last = 0
@@ -245,6 +265,9 @@ async def delete(self, key: str, last: Optional[int] = None) -> bool:
         """
         delete will place a delete marker and remove all previous revisions.
         """
+        if not _is_key_valid(key):
+            raise nats.js.errors.InvalidKeyError(key)
+
         hdrs = {}
         hdrs[KV_OP] = KV_DEL
 
diff --git a/tests/test_js.py b/tests/test_js.py
index 0d4d893c..1150a01c 100644
--- a/tests/test_js.py
+++ b/tests/test_js.py
@@ -2395,6 +2395,72 @@ async def error_handler(e):
         with pytest.raises(BadBucketError):
             await js.key_value(bucket="TEST3")
 
+    @async_test
+    async def test_bucket_name_validation(self):
+        nc = await nats.connect()
+        js = nc.jetstream()
+
+        invalid_bucket_names = [
+            " x y",
+            "x ",
+            "x!",
+            "xx$",
+            "*",
+            ">",
+            "x.>",
+            "x.*",
+            ".",
+            ".x",
+            ".x.",
+            "x.",
+        ]
+
+        for bucket_name in invalid_bucket_names:
+            with self.subTest(bucket_name):
+                with pytest.raises(InvalidBucketNameError):
+                    await js.create_key_value(
+                        bucket=bucket_name, history=5, ttl=3600
+                    )
+
+                with pytest.raises(InvalidBucketNameError):
+                    await js.key_value(bucket_name)
+
+                with pytest.raises(InvalidBucketNameError):
+                    await js.delete_key_value(bucket_name)
+
+    @async_test
+    async def test_key_validation(self):
+        nc = await nats.connect()
+        js = nc.jetstream()
+
+        kv = await js.create_key_value(bucket="TEST", history=5, ttl=3600)
+        invalid_keys = [
+            " x y",
+            "x ",
+            "x!",
+            "xx$",
+            "*",
+            ">",
+            "x.>",
+            "x.*",
+            ".",
+            ".x",
+            ".x.",
+            "x.",
+        ]
+
+        for key in invalid_keys:
+            with self.subTest(key):
+                # Invalid put (empty)
+                with pytest.raises(InvalidKeyError):
+                    await kv.put(key, b'')
+
+                with pytest.raises(InvalidKeyError):
+                    await kv.get(key)
+
+                with pytest.raises(InvalidKeyError):
+                    await kv.update(key, b'')
+
     @async_test
     async def test_kv_basic(self):
         errors = []
@@ -2406,6 +2472,9 @@ async def error_handler(e):
         nc = await nats.connect(error_cb=error_handler)
         js = nc.jetstream()
 
+        with pytest.raises(nats.js.errors.InvalidBucketNameError):
+            await js.create_key_value(bucket="notok!")
+
         bucket = "TEST"
         kv = await js.create_key_value(
             bucket=bucket,