diff --git a/src/mcp/shared/dispatcher.py b/src/mcp/shared/dispatcher.py
index f2ff96e7d5..7b749f03fe 100644
--- a/src/mcp/shared/dispatcher.py
+++ b/src/mcp/shared/dispatcher.py
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ def coerce_request_id(request_id: RequestId) -> RequestId:
     """
     if isinstance(request_id, str):
         try:
-            return int(request_id)
+            parsed = int(request_id)
+            if str(parsed) == request_id:
+                return parsed
         except ValueError:
             pass
     return request_id
diff --git a/tests/shared/test_jsonrpc_dispatcher.py b/tests/shared/test_jsonrpc_dispatcher.py
index 9bee8b2c3b..04de284a38 100644
--- a/tests/shared/test_jsonrpc_dispatcher.py
+++ b/tests/shared/test_jsonrpc_dispatcher.py
@@ -2011,6 +2011,13 @@ def test_coerce_request_id_passes_through_non_numeric_string_and_int():
     assert coerce_request_id(42) == 42
 
 
+def test_coerce_request_id_does_not_fold_non_canonical_numeric_strings():
+    for non_canonical in ("007", "+7", "1_000", " 7 ", "٧"):
+        assert coerce_request_id(non_canonical) == non_canonical
+    assert coerce_request_id("-3") == -3
+    assert coerce_request_id("0") == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_jsonrpc_error_response_with_null_id_is_dropped():
     """Parse-error responses (id=null) have no waiter; they're dropped and the read loop stays healthy."""