diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts
index 5a0ecbf987c8f6e..68096b8b10498c2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_manager/server/services/epm/archive/index.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ function parseAndVerifyArchive(paths: string[]): ArchivePackage {
   // Allow snake case for format_version
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
   const { name, version, description, type, categories, format_version } = manifest;
+  if (!(name && version && description && type && categories && format_version)) {
+    throw new PackageInvalidArchiveError(
+      'Invalid top-level package manifest: one or more fields missing of name, version, description, type, categories, format_version'
+    );
+  }
   return {
     name,
     version,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts
index 89c71dc14dc9548..024af24304d3a17 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/epm/install_by_upload.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
     path.dirname(__filename),
     '../fixtures/direct_upload_packages/apache_invalid_manifest_invalid_yaml_0.1.4.zip'
   );
+  const testPkgArchiveInvalidManifestMissingField = path.join(
+    path.dirname(__filename),
+    '../fixtures/direct_upload_packages/apache_invalid_manifest_missing_field_0.1.4.zip'
+  );
   const testPkgArchiveInvalidToplevelMismatch = path.join(
     path.dirname(__filename),
     '../fixtures/direct_upload_packages/apache_invalid_toplevel_mismatch_0.1.4.zip'
@@ -171,6 +175,23 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
       }
     });
 
+    it('should throw an error if the archive manifest misses a mandatory field', async function () {
+      if (server.enabled) {
+        const buf = fs.readFileSync(testPkgArchiveInvalidManifestMissingField);
+        const res = await supertest
+          .post(`/api/ingest_manager/epm/packages`)
+          .set('kbn-xsrf', 'xxxx')
+          .type('application/zip')
+          .send(buf)
+          .expect(400);
+        expect(res.error.text).to.equal(
+          '{"statusCode":400,"error":"Bad Request","message":"Invalid top-level package manifest: one or more fields missing of name, version, description, type, categories, format_version"}'
+        );
+      } else {
+        warnAndSkipTest(this, log);
+      }
+    });
+
     it('should throw an error if the toplevel directory name does not match the package key', async function () {
       if (server.enabled) {
         const buf = fs.readFileSync(testPkgArchiveInvalidToplevelMismatch);
diff --git a/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/fixtures/direct_upload_packages/apache_invalid_manifest_missing_field_0.1.4.zip b/x-pack/test/ingest_manager_api_integration/apis/fixtures/direct_upload_packages/apache_invalid_manifest_missing_field_0.1.4.zip
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