diff --git a/src/v0/destinations/tiktok_ads/transform.js b/src/v0/destinations/tiktok_ads/transform.js
index b8b10d4608..ba852b9a97 100644
--- a/src/v0/destinations/tiktok_ads/transform.js
+++ b/src/v0/destinations/tiktok_ads/transform.js
@@ -129,12 +129,10 @@ const getTrackResponse = (message, Config, event) => {
 
 const trackResponseBuilder = async (message, { Config }) => {
   const { eventsToStandard, sendCustomEvents } = Config;
-
-  let event = message.event?.toLowerCase().trim();
-  if (!event) {
-    throw new InstrumentationError('Event name is required');
+  if (!message.event || typeof message.event !== 'string') {
+    throw new InstrumentationError('Either event name is not present or it is not a string');
   }
-
+  let event = message.event?.toLowerCase().trim();
   const standardEventsMap = getHashFromArrayWithDuplicate(eventsToStandard);
 
   if (!sendCustomEvents && eventNameMapping[event] === undefined && !standardEventsMap[event]) {
diff --git a/test/integrations/destinations/tiktok_ads/processor/data.ts b/test/integrations/destinations/tiktok_ads/processor/data.ts
index 3b68426fbf..d0447da43c 100644
--- a/test/integrations/destinations/tiktok_ads/processor/data.ts
+++ b/test/integrations/destinations/tiktok_ads/processor/data.ts
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ export const data = [
         body: [
           {
             statusCode: 400,
-            error: 'Event name is required',
+            error: 'Either event name is not present or it is not a string',
             statTags: {
               errorCategory: 'dataValidation',
               errorType: 'instrumentation',
@@ -6973,4 +6973,49 @@ export const data = [
       },
     },
   },
+  {
+    name: 'tiktok_ads',
+    description: 'Testing if the event name provided as a string or not',
+    feature: 'processor',
+    module: 'destination',
+    version: 'v0',
+    input: {
+      request: {
+        body: [
+          {
+            message: {
+              type: 'track',
+              event: 123,
+            },
+            destination: {
+              Config: {
+                accessToken: 'dummyAccessToken',
+                pixelCode: '{{PIXEL-CODE}}',
+                hashUserProperties: false,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      response: {
+        status: 200,
+        body: [
+          {
+            statusCode: 400,
+            error: 'Either event name is not present or it is not a string',
+            statTags: {
+              errorCategory: 'dataValidation',
+              errorType: 'instrumentation',
+              destType: 'TIKTOK_ADS',
+              module: 'destination',
+              implementation: 'native',
+              feature: 'processor',
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    },
+  },
 ];