diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/create_mcp_server.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/create_mcp_server.tsx
index bf7f1a67431..a460b7aa8cd 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/create_mcp_server.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/create_mcp_server.tsx
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ const CreateMCPServer: React.FC<CreateMCPServerProps> = ({
               label={
                 <span className="text-sm font-medium text-gray-700 flex items-center">
                   MCP Server Name
-                  <Tooltip title="Best practice: Use a descriptive name that indicates the server's purpose (e.g., 'GitHub_MCP', 'Email_Service'). Hyphens '-' are not allowed; use underscores '_' instead. Names must comply with SEP-986 and will be rejected if invalid (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/server/tools#tool-names).">
+                  <Tooltip title="Best practice: Use a descriptive name that indicates the server's purpose (e.g., 'GitHub_MCP', 'Email_Service'). Cannot contain spaces or hyphens; use underscores instead. Names must comply with SEP-986 and will be rejected if invalid (https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/server/tools#tool-names).">
                     <InfoCircleOutlined className="ml-2 text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-600 cursor-help" />
                   </Tooltip>
                 </span>
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ const CreateMCPServer: React.FC<CreateMCPServerProps> = ({
               label={
                 <span className="text-sm font-medium text-gray-700 flex items-center">
                   Alias
-                  <Tooltip title="A short, unique identifier for this server. Defaults to the server name with spaces replaced by underscores.">
+                  <Tooltip title="A short, unique identifier for this server. Defaults to the server name if not provided. Cannot contain spaces or hyphens; use underscores instead.">
                     <InfoCircleOutlined className="ml-2 text-blue-400 hover:text-blue-600 cursor-help" />
                   </Tooltip>
                 </span>
@@ -458,12 +458,7 @@ const CreateMCPServer: React.FC<CreateMCPServerProps> = ({
               name="alias"
               rules={[
                 { required: false },
-                {
-                  validator: (_, value) =>
-                    value && value.includes("-")
-                      ? Promise.reject("Alias cannot contain '-' (hyphen). Please use '_' (underscore) instead.")
-                      : Promise.resolve(),
-                },
+                { validator: (_, value) => validateMCPServerName(value) },
               ]}
             >
               <TextInput
diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/utils.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/utils.tsx
index 5dcb80107ca..44a06405615 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/utils.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/mcp_tools/utils.tsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const validateMCPServerUrl = (value: string) => {
 };
 
 export const validateMCPServerName = (value: string) => {
-  return value && value.includes("-")
-    ? Promise.reject("Server name cannot contain '-' (hyphen). Please use '_' (underscore) instead.")
+  return value && (value.includes("-") || value.includes(" "))
+    ? Promise.reject("Cannot contain '-' (hyphen) or spaces. Please use '_' (underscore) instead.")
     : Promise.resolve();
 };