diff --git a/src/cdk/v2/destinations/pinterest_tag/procWorkflow.yaml b/src/cdk/v2/destinations/pinterest_tag/procWorkflow.yaml
index 7bcb804126..8a956e905c 100644
--- a/src/cdk/v2/destinations/pinterest_tag/procWorkflow.yaml
+++ b/src/cdk/v2/destinations/pinterest_tag/procWorkflow.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ bindings:
     path: ../../../../v0/util
   - name: removeUndefinedAndNullAndEmptyValues
     path: ../../../../v0/util
+  - name: validateEventName
+    path: ../../../../v0/util
 steps:
   - name: checkIfProcessed
     condition: .message.statusCode
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ steps:
       name: eventNamesForOthers
       template: |
         let event = .message.event ?? .message.name;
+        $.validateEventName(event);
         let eventInLowerCase = event.toLowerCase();
         let eventNames = .destination.Config.eventsMapping.(){.from === event}.to[] ?? [];
         eventNames = $.convertToSnakeCase(eventNames);
@@ -243,4 +246,4 @@ steps:
           },
           "params": $.outputs.checkSendTestEventConfig,
           "files": {}
-        })[]
+        })[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/v0/destinations/pinterest_tag/utils.js b/src/v0/destinations/pinterest_tag/utils.js
index c1493e9dbd..340fba498e 100644
--- a/src/v0/destinations/pinterest_tag/utils.js
+++ b/src/v0/destinations/pinterest_tag/utils.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const {
   isDefined,
   getHashFromArrayWithDuplicate,
   removeUndefinedAndNullValues,
+  validateEventName,
 } = require('../../util');
 const { COMMON_CONFIGS, CUSTOM_CONFIGS, API_VERSION } = require('./config');
 
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ const deduceTrackScreenEventName = (message, Config) => {
   if (!trackEventOrScreenName) {
     throw new InstrumentationError('event_name could not be mapped. Aborting');
   }
+  validateEventName(trackEventOrScreenName);
 
   /*
   Step 1: If the event is not amongst the above list of ecommerce events, will look for
diff --git a/test/integrations/destinations/pinterest_tag/processor/data.ts b/test/integrations/destinations/pinterest_tag/processor/data.ts
index 17ab83b2e9..65b33e7740 100644
--- a/test/integrations/destinations/pinterest_tag/processor/data.ts
+++ b/test/integrations/destinations/pinterest_tag/processor/data.ts
@@ -3569,4 +3569,129 @@ export const data = [
       },
     },
   },
+  {
+    name: 'pinterest_tag',
+    description: 'Test 3',
+    feature: 'processor',
+    module: 'destination',
+    version: 'v0',
+    input: {
+      request: {
+        body: [
+          {
+            description: 'Any other format of event except string should be aborted',
+            message: {
+              type: 'track',
+              event: [1, 2, 3],
+              sentAt: '2020-08-14T05:30:30.118Z',
+              channel: 'web',
+              context: {
+                source: 'test',
+                userAgent: 'chrome',
+                traits: {
+                  anonymousId: '50be5c78-6c3f-4b60-be84-97805a316fb1',
+                  email: 'abc@gmail.com',
+                  phone: '+1234589947',
+                  ge: 'male',
+                  db: '19950715',
+                  lastname: 'Rudderlabs',
+                  firstName: 'Test',
+                  address: { city: 'Kolkata', state: 'WB', zip: '700114', country: 'IN' },
+                },
+                device: { advertisingId: 'abc123' },
+                library: { name: 'rudder-sdk-ruby-sync', version: '1.0.6' },
+              },
+              messageId: '7208bbb6-2c4e-45bb-bf5b-ad426f3593e9',
+              timestamp: '2020-08-14T05:30:30.118Z',
+              properties: {
+                tax: 2,
+                total: 27.5,
+                coupon: 'hasbros',
+                revenue: 48,
+                price: 25,
+                quantity: 2,
+                currency: 'USD',
+                discount: 2.5,
+                order_id: '50314b8e9bcf000000000000',
+                requestIP: '123.0.0.0',
+                optOutType: 'LDP',
+                products: [
+                  {
+                    sku: '45790-32',
+                    url: 'https://www.example.com/product/path',
+                    name: 'Monopoly: 3rd Edition',
+                    price: 19,
+                    category: 'Games',
+                    quantity: 1,
+                    image_url: 'https:///www.example.com/product/path.jpg',
+                    product_id: '507f1f77bcf86cd799439011',
+                  },
+                  {
+                    sku: '46493-32',
+                    name: 'Uno Card Game',
+                    price: 3,
+                    category: 'Games',
+                    quantity: 2,
+                    product_id: '505bd76785ebb509fc183733',
+                  },
+                ],
+                shipping: 3,
+                subtotal: 22.5,
+                affiliation: 'Google Store',
+                checkout_id: 'fksdjfsdjfisjf9sdfjsd9f',
+              },
+              anonymousId: '50be5c78-6c3f-4b60-be84-97805a316fb1',
+              integrations: { All: true },
+            },
+            destination: {
+              DestinationDefinition: { Config: { cdkV2Enabled: true } },
+              ID: '1pYpzzvcn7AQ2W9GGIAZSsN6Mfq',
+              Name: 'PINTEREST_TAG',
+              Config: {
+                sendAsTestEvent: false,
+                tagId: '123456789',
+                apiVersion: 'newApi',
+                adAccountId: 'accountId123',
+                conversionToken: 'conversionToken123',
+                appId: '429047995',
+                enhancedMatch: true,
+                enableDeduplication: true,
+                deduplicationKey: 'messageId',
+                sendingUnHashedData: true,
+                sendExternalId: true,
+                customProperties: [{ properties: 'presentclass' }, { properties: 'presentgrade' }],
+                eventsMapping: [{ from: 'ABC Searched', to: 'WatchVideo' }],
+              },
+              Enabled: true,
+              Transformations: [],
+            },
+            metadata: { destintionId: '1pYpzzvcn7AQ2W9GGIAZSsN6Mfq' },
+          },
+        ],
+        method: 'POST',
+      },
+      pathSuffix: '',
+    },
+    output: {
+      response: {
+        status: 200,
+        body: [
+          {
+            error:
+              'Event is a required field and should be a string: Workflow: procWorkflow, Step: eventNames, ChildStep: undefined, OriginalError: Event is a required field and should be a string',
+            metadata: { destintionId: '1pYpzzvcn7AQ2W9GGIAZSsN6Mfq' },
+            statTags: {
+              destType: 'PINTEREST_TAG',
+              errorCategory: 'dataValidation',
+              errorType: 'instrumentation',
+              feature: 'processor',
+              implementation: 'cdkV2',
+              module: 'destination',
+            },
+            statusCode: 400,
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  },
 ];