diff --git a/mcp/streamable.go b/mcp/streamable.go
index e6a9bfe5..0daac38b 100644
--- a/mcp/streamable.go
+++ b/mcp/streamable.go
@@ -1271,7 +1271,8 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 		return
 	}
 
-	protocolVersion := protocolVersionFromContext(req.Context())
+	headerProtocolVersion := protocolVersionFromContext(req.Context())
+	protocolVersion := headerProtocolVersion
 	if protocolVersion == "" {
 		protocolVersion = protocolVersion20250326
 	}
@@ -1291,6 +1292,7 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 	calls := make(map[jsonrpc.ID]struct{})
 	tokenInfo := auth.TokenInfoFromContext(req.Context())
 	isInitialize := false
+	var initializeID jsonrpc.ID
 	var initializeProtocolVersion string
 	headerVersion := protocolVersionFromContext(req.Context())
 	for _, msg := range incoming {
@@ -1304,6 +1306,7 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 			}
 			if jreq.Method == methodInitialize {
 				isInitialize = true
+				initializeID = jreq.ID
 				// Extract the protocol version from InitializeParams.
 				var params InitializeParams
 				if err := internaljson.Unmarshal(jreq.Params, &params); err == nil {
@@ -1321,6 +1324,9 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 			if meta := extractRequestMeta(jreq.Params); meta != nil {
 				metaVersion, _ = meta[MetaKeyProtocolVersion].(string)
 			}
+			if jreq.Method == methodInitialize && metaVersion == "" && headerVersion >= protocolVersion20260630 {
+				metaVersion = initializeProtocolVersion
+			}
 			if protocolVersion >= protocolVersion20260630 || metaVersion != "" {
 				if !c.stateless {
 					http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf(
@@ -1371,6 +1377,22 @@ func (c *streamableServerConn) servePOST(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 		}
 	}
 
+	if headerProtocolVersion != "" && initializeProtocolVersion != "" && headerProtocolVersion != initializeProtocolVersion {
+		resp := &jsonrpc.Response{
+			ID: initializeID,
+			Error: jsonrpc2.NewError(
+				CodeHeaderMismatch,
+				fmt.Sprintf("header mismatch: %s header value %q does not match body protocolVersion %q", protocolVersionHeader, headerProtocolVersion, initializeProtocolVersion),
+			),
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		if data, err := jsonrpc2.EncodeMessage(resp); err == nil {
+			w.Write(data)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Validate MCP standard headers (Mcp-Method, Mcp-Name, Mcp-Param-*)
 	if !isBatch && len(incoming) == 1 {
 		if err := validateMcpHeaders(req.Header, incoming[0], c.toolLookup); err != nil {
diff --git a/mcp/streamable_test.go b/mcp/streamable_test.go
index a27696a1..5769d5ae 100644
--- a/mcp/streamable_test.go
+++ b/mcp/streamable_test.go
@@ -972,6 +972,19 @@ func TestStreamableServerTransport(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantSessions: 1,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "initialize protocol version header mismatch",
+			requests: []streamableRequest{
+				{
+					method:             "POST",
+					headers:            http.Header{protocolVersionHeader: {protocolVersion20251125}},
+					messages:           []jsonrpc.Message{req(1, methodInitialize, &InitializeParams{ProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20250618})},
+					wantStatusCode:     http.StatusBadRequest,
+					wantBodyContaining: "header mismatch",
+				},
+			},
+			wantSessions: 0,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "batch rejected on 2025-06-18",
 			requests: []streamableRequest{
@@ -2049,6 +2062,88 @@ func TestStreamableMcpHeaderValidation(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// TODO: Remove this once client operations will automatically inject metadata in the requests
+func injectMetaToRequest(req *http.Request) error {
+	if req.Body == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.Body.Close()
+
+	var val any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &val); err == nil {
+		var method string
+		if m, ok := val.(map[string]any); ok {
+			method, _ = m["method"].(string)
+		} else if list, ok := val.([]any); ok && len(list) > 0 {
+			if m, ok := list[0].(map[string]any); ok {
+				method, _ = m["method"].(string)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if method == "initialize" {
+			var protocolVersion string
+			if m, ok := val.(map[string]any); ok {
+				if params, _ := m["params"].(map[string]any); params != nil {
+					protocolVersion, _ = params["protocolVersion"].(string)
+				}
+			} else if list, ok := val.([]any); ok && len(list) > 0 {
+				if m, ok := list[0].(map[string]any); ok {
+					if params, _ := m["params"].(map[string]any); params != nil {
+						protocolVersion, _ = params["protocolVersion"].(string)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			if protocolVersion == "" {
+				protocolVersion = protocolVersion20251125
+			}
+			req.Header.Set(protocolVersionHeader, protocolVersion)
+			if protocolVersion >= minVersionForStandardHeaders {
+				req.Header.Set(methodHeader, methodInitialize)
+			}
+		} else if method == "notifications/initialized" || strings.HasPrefix(method, "notifications/") {
+			req.Header.Set(protocolVersionHeader, protocolVersion20251125)
+		} else {
+			req.Header.Set(protocolVersionHeader, minVersionForStandardHeaders)
+
+			var msgs []map[string]any
+			if m, ok := val.(map[string]any); ok {
+				msgs = []map[string]any{m}
+			} else if list, ok := val.([]any); ok {
+				for _, item := range list {
+					if m, ok := item.(map[string]any); ok {
+						msgs = append(msgs, m)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			for _, m := range msgs {
+				params, _ := m["params"].(map[string]any)
+				if params == nil {
+					params = make(map[string]any)
+					m["params"] = params
+				}
+				meta, _ := params["_meta"].(map[string]any)
+				if meta == nil {
+					meta = make(map[string]any)
+					params["_meta"] = meta
+				}
+				meta[MetaKeyProtocolVersion] = minVersionForStandardHeaders
+				meta[MetaKeyClientInfo] = map[string]any{"name": "testClient", "version": "v1.0.0"}
+				meta[MetaKeyClientCapabilities] = map[string]any{}
+			}
+			body, _ = json.Marshal(val)
+		}
+	}
+
+	req.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body))
+	req.ContentLength = int64(len(body))
+	return nil
+}
+
 // TestStreamableMcpHeaderValidationErrorFormat verifies that header
 // validation errors return a JSON-RPC error with code -32001 and
 // Content-Type application/json, per SEP-2243.