diff --git a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/spec/McpStreamableServerSession.java b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/spec/McpStreamableServerSession.java
index 5bb5c3812..e7fac7b0d 100644
--- a/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/spec/McpStreamableServerSession.java
+++ b/mcp-core/src/main/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/spec/McpStreamableServerSession.java
@@ -214,9 +214,13 @@ public Mono<Void> responseStream(McpSchema.JSONRPCRequest jsonrpcRequest, McpStr
 			// (sink)
 			if (requestHandler == null) {
 				MethodNotFoundError error = getMethodNotFoundError(jsonrpcRequest.method());
-				return transport.sendMessage(
-						McpSchema.JSONRPCResponse.error(jsonrpcRequest.id(), new McpSchema.JSONRPCResponse.JSONRPCError(
-								McpSchema.ErrorCodes.METHOD_NOT_FOUND, error.message(), error.data())));
+				return transport
+					.sendMessage(
+							McpSchema.JSONRPCResponse
+								.error(jsonrpcRequest.id(),
+										new McpSchema.JSONRPCResponse.JSONRPCError(
+												McpSchema.ErrorCodes.METHOD_NOT_FOUND, error.message(), error.data())))
+					.then(transport.closeGracefully());
 			}
 			return requestHandler
 				.handle(new McpAsyncServerExchange(this.id, stream, clientCapabilities.get(), clientInfo.get(),
diff --git a/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/HttpServletStreamableIntegrationTests.java b/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/HttpServletStreamableIntegrationTests.java
index 83779d2e2..2c9d14030 100644
--- a/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/HttpServletStreamableIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/mcp-test/src/test/java/io/modelcontextprotocol/server/HttpServletStreamableIntegrationTests.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.AbstractMcpClientServerIntegrationTests;
@@ -16,14 +18,19 @@
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.McpServer.SyncSpecification;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.HttpServletStreamableServerTransportProvider;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.server.transport.TomcatTestUtil;
+import io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpSchema;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException;
 import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleState;
 import org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat;
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+import reactor.test.StepVerifier;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
@@ -96,6 +103,47 @@ public void after() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testMissingHandlerReturnsMethodNotFoundError() {
+		var mcpServer = prepareAsyncServerBuilder().serverInfo("test-server", "1.0.0")
+			.capabilities(McpSchema.ServerCapabilities.builder().tools(true).build())
+			.build();
+		var clientTransport = HttpClientStreamableHttpTransport.builder("http://localhost:" + PORT)
+			.endpoint(MESSAGE_ENDPOINT)
+			.build();
+
+		try (var mcpClient = McpClient.sync(clientTransport).build()) {
+			// Create a session using an MCP client
+			McpSchema.InitializeResult initResult = mcpClient.initialize();
+			assertThat(initResult).isNotNull();
+
+			// Override the response handler in the client to capture responses
+			AtomicReference<McpSchema.JSONRPCResponse> response = new AtomicReference<>();
+			var handler = (Function<Mono<McpSchema.JSONRPCMessage>, Mono<McpSchema.JSONRPCMessage>>) (
+					message) -> message.doOnNext(r -> {
+						if (r instanceof McpSchema.JSONRPCResponse resp) {
+							response.set(resp);
+						}
+					});
+			StepVerifier.create(clientTransport.connect(handler)).verifyComplete();
+
+			// Send an incorrect request through the transport
+			StepVerifier
+				.create(clientTransport.sendMessage(new McpSchema.JSONRPCRequest("foo/bar", "test-request-123")))
+				.verifyComplete();
+
+			// Wait until we've received the response
+			Awaitility.await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(1)).until(() -> response.get() != null);
+
+			assertThat(response.get().error().code()).isEqualTo(McpSchema.ErrorCodes.METHOD_NOT_FOUND);
+			assertThat(response.get().error().message()).isEqualTo("Method not found: foo/bar");
+		}
+		finally {
+			mcpServer.close();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	static McpTransportContextExtractor<HttpServletRequest> TEST_CONTEXT_EXTRACTOR = (r) -> McpTransportContext
 		.create(Map.of("important", "value"));