diff --git a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/globals.ts b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/globals.ts
index e0b4ec186e..3145173bac 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/globals.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb-sdk/src/lib/globals.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ export enum NcErrorType {
   DATABASE_ERROR = 'DATABASE_ERROR',
   UNKNOWN_ERROR = 'UNKNOWN_ERROR',
   BAD_JSON = 'BAD_JSON',
+  INVALID_PK_VALUE = 'INVALID_PK_VALUE',
 }
 
 type Roles = OrgUserRoles | ProjectRoles | WorkspaceUserRoles;
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
index ecabddcbe1..5b57ca33a1 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
@@ -3007,9 +3007,9 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
     }
   }
 
-  async _wherePk(id, skipGetColumns = false) {
+  async _wherePk(id, skipGetColumns = false, skipPkValidation = false) {
     if (!skipGetColumns) await this.model.getColumns();
-    return _wherePk(this.model.primaryKeys, id);
+    return _wherePk(this.model.primaryKeys, id, skipPkValidation);
   }
 
   comparePks(pk1, pk2) {
@@ -6894,24 +6894,35 @@ function applyPaginate(
   return query;
 }
 
-export function _wherePk(primaryKeys: Column[], id: unknown | unknown[]) {
+export function _wherePk(
+  primaryKeys: Column[],
+  id: unknown | unknown[],
+  skipPkValidation = false,
+) {
   const where = {};
 
   // if id object is provided use as it is
   if (id && typeof id === 'object' && !Array.isArray(id)) {
     // verify all pk columns are present in id object
     for (const pk of primaryKeys) {
+      let key: string;
       if (pk.id in id) {
-        where[pk.column_name] = id[pk.id];
+        key = pk.id;
       } else if (pk.title in id) {
-        where[pk.column_name] = id[pk.title];
+        key = pk.title;
       } else if (pk.column_name in id) {
-        where[pk.column_name] = id[pk.column_name];
+        key = pk.column_name;
       } else {
         NcError.badRequest(
           `Primary key column ${pk.title} not found in id object`,
         );
       }
+      where[pk.column_name] = id[key];
+      // validate value if auto-increment column
+      // todo: add more validation based on column constraints
+      if (!skipPkValidation && pk.ai && !/^\d+$/.test(id[key])) {
+        NcError.invalidPrimaryKey(id[key], pk.title);
+      }
     }
 
     return where;
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/catchError.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/catchError.ts
index 86269874c3..334c2c9da3 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/catchError.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/catchError.ts
@@ -520,6 +520,11 @@ const errorHelpers: {
     message: (offset: string) => `Offset value '${offset}' is invalid`,
     code: 422,
   },
+  [NcErrorType.INVALID_PK_VALUE]: {
+    message: (value: any, pkColumn: string) =>
+      `Primary key value '${value}' is invalid for column '${pkColumn}'`,
+    code: 422,
+  },
   [NcErrorType.INVALID_LIMIT_VALUE]: {
     message: `Limit value should be between ${defaultLimitConfig.limitMin} and ${defaultLimitConfig.limitMax}`,
     code: 422,
@@ -681,6 +686,13 @@ export class NcError {
     });
   }
 
+  static invalidPrimaryKey(value: any, pkColumn: string, args?: NcErrorArgs) {
+    throw new NcBaseErrorv2(NcErrorType.INVALID_PK_VALUE, {
+      params: [value, pkColumn],
+      ...args,
+    });
+  }
+
   static invalidLimitValue(args?: NcErrorArgs) {
     throw new NcBaseErrorv2(NcErrorType.INVALID_LIMIT_VALUE, {
       ...args,