diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Tests/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecksTests.cs b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Tests/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecksTests.cs
index 4dfcf953e95..ab8870701d7 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Tests/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecksTests.cs
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Tests/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecksTests.cs
@@ -133,15 +133,15 @@ func main() {
         }
 
         [Test]
-        public void TestGetSDKPackagePath()
+        public async Task TestGetSDKPackageName()
         {
             Assert.That(
-                LangService.GetSDKPackagePath(Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az") + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az", "sdk", "messaging", "azservicebus")),
+                await LangService.GetSDKPackageName(Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az") + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az", "sdk", "messaging", "azservicebus")),
                 Is.EqualTo(Path.Combine("sdk", "messaging", "azservicebus"))
             );
 
             Assert.That(
-                LangService.GetSDKPackagePath(Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az"), Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az", "sdk", "messaging", "azservicebus")),
+                await LangService.GetSDKPackageName(Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az"), Path.Combine("/hello", "world", "az", "sdk", "messaging", "azservicebus")),
                 Is.EqualTo(Path.Combine("sdk", "messaging", "azservicebus")));
         }
     }
diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.csproj b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.csproj
index b78c05d4365..1007dcf2ef8 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.csproj
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <NoWarn>ASP0000;CS8603;CS8618;CS8625;CS8604</NoWarn>
     <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>true</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
     <AssemblyName>azsdk</AssemblyName>
-    <VersionPrefix>0.5.2</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>0.5.3</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix></VersionSuffix>
     <!-- Package metadata -->
     <PackageReleaseNotes>See CHANGELOG.md for release notes</PackageReleaseNotes>
diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/CHANGELOG.md b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/CHANGELOG.md
index 575c266d820..3d7ba512f5f 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+## 0.5.3 (Unreleased)
+
+### Bugs Fixed
+
+- Added a language specific way to get package name for validation checks, to account for different language naming (JS uses package.json name)
+
 ## 0.5.2 (2025-10-13)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecks.cs b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecks.cs
index 3210bfe5a6a..27168b60724 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecks.cs
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/GoLanguageSpecificChecks.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public async Task<CLICheckResponse> BuildProjectAsync(string packagePath, Cancel
         }
     }
 
-    public string GetSDKPackagePath(string repo, string packagePath)
+    public async Task<string> GetSDKPackageName(string repo, string packagePath, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
     {
         if (!repo.EndsWith(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))
         {
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ public string GetSDKPackagePath(string repo, string packagePath)
         }
 
         // ex: sdk/messaging/azservicebus/
-        return packagePath.Replace(repo, "");
+        var relativePath = packagePath.Replace(repo, "");
+        // Ensure forward slashes for Go package names
+        return await Task.FromResult(relativePath.Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, '/'));
     }
 
     public async Task<CLICheckResponse> UpdateSnippetsAsync(string packagePath, bool fixCheckErrors = false, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/ILanguageSpecificChecks.cs b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/ILanguageSpecificChecks.cs
index 96ef3c20d5e..5a7a37b20c2 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/ILanguageSpecificChecks.cs
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/ILanguageSpecificChecks.cs
@@ -54,4 +54,17 @@ Task<CLICheckResponse> FormatCodeAsync(string packagePath, bool fixCheckErrors =
     {
         return Task.FromResult(new CLICheckResponse(1, "", "Not implemented for this language."));
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the SDK package name.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="repo">Repository root path</param>
+    /// <param name="packagePath">Package path</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token</param>
+    /// <returns>SDK package name</returns>
+    Task<string> GetSDKPackageName(string repo, string packagePath, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        // Default implementation: use the directory name as the package path
+        return Task.FromResult(Path.GetFileName(packagePath));
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/JavaScriptLanguageSpecificChecks.cs b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/JavaScriptLanguageSpecificChecks.cs
index 2dcc094e35c..993e39b70f3 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/JavaScriptLanguageSpecificChecks.cs
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/JavaScriptLanguageSpecificChecks.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
 using Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Helpers;
 using Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli.Models;
 
@@ -132,4 +133,33 @@ public async Task<CLICheckResponse> FormatCodeAsync(string packagePath, bool fix
             return new CLICheckResponse(1, "", $"Error formatting code: {ex.Message}");
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    public async Task<string> GetSDKPackageName(string repo, string packagePath, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        // For JavaScript packages, read the package name from package.json
+        var packageJsonPath = Path.Combine(packagePath, "package.json");
+        if (File.Exists(packageJsonPath))
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var packageJsonContent = await File.ReadAllTextAsync(packageJsonPath, cancellationToken);
+                using var document = JsonDocument.Parse(packageJsonContent);
+                if (document.RootElement.TryGetProperty("name", out var nameProperty))
+                {
+                    var packageName = nameProperty.GetString();
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(packageName))
+                    {
+                        return packageName;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Failed to parse package.json at {PackageJsonPath}. Falling back to directory name.", packageJsonPath);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Fallback to directory name if package.json reading fails
+        return Path.GetFileName(packagePath);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/LanguageChecks.cs b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/LanguageChecks.cs
index 70fe5aae558..a15beab2f23 100644
--- a/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/LanguageChecks.cs
+++ b/tools/azsdk-cli/Azure.Sdk.Tools.Cli/Services/Languages/LanguageChecks.cs
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ public interface ILanguageChecks
     /// <param name="ct">Cancellation token</param>
     /// <returns>Result of the code formatting operation</returns>
     Task<CLICheckResponse> FormatCodeAsync(string packagePath, bool fixCheckErrors = false, CancellationToken ct = default);
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets the SDK package path for the given repository and package path.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="repo">Repository root path</param>
-    /// <param name="packagePath">Package path</param>
-    /// <returns>SDK package path</returns>
-    string GetSDKPackagePath(string repo, string packagePath);
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -233,6 +225,12 @@ protected async Task<CLICheckResponse> ValidateChangelogCommonAsync(string packa
                 return errorResponse;
             }
 
+            var languageSpecificCheck = await _languageSpecificChecks.Resolve(packagePath);
+            if (languageSpecificCheck == null)
+            {
+                return new CLICheckResponse(1, "", $"No language-specific check handler found for package at {packagePath}. Supported languages may not include this package type.");
+            }
+
             // Construct the path to the PowerShell script in the SDK repository
             var scriptPath = Path.Combine(packageRepoRoot, "eng", "common", "scripts", "Verify-ChangeLog.ps1");
 
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ protected async Task<CLICheckResponse> ValidateChangelogCommonAsync(string packa
             }
 
             var command = "pwsh";
-            var args = new[] { "-File", scriptPath, "-PackageName", this.GetSDKPackagePath(packageRepoRoot, packagePath) };
+            var args = new[] { "-File", scriptPath, "-PackageName", await languageSpecificCheck.GetSDKPackageName(packageRepoRoot, packagePath, ct) };
 
             // Use a longer timeout for changelog validation - 5 minutes should be sufficient
             var timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
@@ -370,11 +368,6 @@ protected async Task<CLICheckResponse> CheckSpellingCommonAsync(string packagePa
         }
     }
 
-    public virtual string GetSDKPackagePath(string repo, string packagePath)
-    {
-        return Path.GetFileName(packagePath);
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// Result of the spelling fix microagent operation.
     /// </summary>