diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb b/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb
index e8357ea53..5b0903b7b 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'pact_broker/webhooks/check_host_whitelist'
 require 'pact_broker/webhooks/render'
 require 'pact_broker/pacticipants/service'
+require 'pact_broker/webhooks/webhook_event'
 
 module PactBroker
   module Api
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ def pacticipant_exists?(name)
 
             required(:name).filled(:pacticipant_exists?)
           end
-
         end
 
         property :provider do
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def parse_uri(uri_string, placeholder = 'placeholder')
           property :name
 
           validation do
-            required(:name).filled
+            required(:name).filled(included_in?: PactBroker::Webhooks::WebhookEvent::EVENT_NAMES)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract_spec.rb
index 6be4dc993..fdc60eb9f 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract_spec.rb
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ def valid_webhook_with
             end
           end
 
+          context "with an event with an invalid name" do
+            let(:json) do
+              valid_webhook_with do |hash|
+                hash['events'].first['name'] = 'foo'
+              end
+            end
+
+            it "contains an error" do
+              expect(subject.errors[:'events.name'].first).to include "must be one of"
+            end
+          end
+
           context "with no method" do
             let(:json) do
               valid_webhook_with do |hash|