diff --git a/integration-test/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/server/ServerResourceTemplateTest.kt b/integration-test/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/server/ServerResourceTemplateTest.kt
index 494d66c0c..5b266e0ba 100644
--- a/integration-test/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/server/ServerResourceTemplateTest.kt
+++ b/integration-test/src/jvmTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/server/ServerResourceTemplateTest.kt
@@ -105,6 +105,25 @@ class ServerResourceTemplateTest : AbstractServerFeaturesTest() {
         exception.data shouldBe buildJsonObject { put("uri", "test://users/42") }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `readResource should not invoke template handler for blank URI`() = runTest {
+        var handlerCalled = false
+        server.addResourceTemplate("{id}", "Item") { _, _ ->
+            handlerCalled = true
+            ReadResourceResult(emptyList())
+        }
+
+        listOf("", " ", "\t").forEach { uri ->
+            val exception = shouldThrow<McpException> {
+                client.readResource(ReadResourceRequest(ReadResourceRequestParams(uri)))
+            }
+
+            exception.code shouldBe RPCError.ErrorCode.RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND
+            exception.data shouldBe buildJsonObject { put("uri", uri) }
+            handlerCalled shouldBe false
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `resourceTemplates property should reflect registered templates`() {
         server.addResourceTemplate(ResourceTemplate("test://a/{x}", "A")) { _, _ ->
diff --git a/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcher.kt b/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcher.kt
index aa2abb994..0841935d8 100644
--- a/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcher.kt
+++ b/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcher.kt
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ private const val VARIABLE_MATCH_SCORE = 1
  *
  * ### Matching rules
  *
+ * - Blank URIs are rejected.
  * - The URI and template must have the same number of `/`-delimited segments.
  * - Literal segments must match exactly (after percent-decoding the URI segment).
- * - `{variable}` segments capture the percent-decoded URI segment value.
+ * - `{variable}` segments capture a non-empty percent-decoded URI segment value.
  * - Query strings and fragments (`?`, `#`) are **not** stripped — they become part of
  *   the captured variable value for the segment that contains them.
  *
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ public class PathSegmentTemplateMatcher @JvmOverloads constructor(
             logger.debug { "URL is too long (max=$maxUriLength)" }
             return null
         }
+        if (resourceUri.isBlank()) return null
 
         // Resolve dot-segments (e.g. /a/../b → /a/b) before splitting.
         // Prevents traversal attacks on JVM/JS; no-op on native/WASM targets.
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ public class PathSegmentTemplateMatcher @JvmOverloads constructor(
             val urlSegment = urlParts[i].decodeURLPart()
             val variableName = variableIndices[i]
             if (variableName != null) {
+                if (urlSegment.isEmpty()) return null
                 variables[variableName] = urlSegment
                 score += VARIABLE_MATCH_SCORE
             } else if (templateParts[i] == urlSegment) {
diff --git a/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcherTest.kt b/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcherTest.kt
index a9e33f5f6..f922bb8c0 100644
--- a/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcherTest.kt
+++ b/kotlin-sdk-core/src/commonTest/kotlin/io/modelcontextprotocol/kotlin/sdk/utils/PathSegmentTemplateMatcherTest.kt
@@ -127,11 +127,40 @@ class PathSegmentTemplateMatcherTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `should capture empty string for single-segment variable when URI is empty`() {
-        // "".trim('/').split("/") == [""] — one segment — so {id} captures ""
-        val result = matcher("{id}").match("")
+    fun `should return null for blank URI`() {
+        listOf("", " ", "\t", "\r\n").forEach { uri ->
+            withClue(uri) {
+                matcher("{id}").match(uri) shouldBe null
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should return null for empty variable segments`() {
+        listOf("{id}" to "/", "test://{host}/items" to "test:///items").forEach { (template, uri) ->
+            withClue("$template matching $uri") {
+                matcher(template).match(uri) shouldBe null
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should preserve empty literal segments in file URI`() {
+        val result = matcher("file:///{path}").match("file:///report.txt")
         result.shouldNotBeNull {
-            variables["id"] shouldBe ""
+            variables["path"] shouldBe "report.txt"
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should preserve percent-encoded whitespace in variable values`() {
+        matcher("{id}").match("%20")?.variables shouldBe mapOf("id" to " ")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should preserve literal root URI`() {
+        matcher("/").match("/").shouldNotBeNull {
+            variables.shouldBeEmpty()
         }
     }