diff --git a/core/server/api/shared/validators/input/all.js b/core/server/api/shared/validators/input/all.js
index 436255ad4e..8a918cac08 100644
--- a/core/server/api/shared/validators/input/all.js
+++ b/core/server/api/shared/validators/input/all.js
@@ -118,10 +118,14 @@ module.exports = {
     add(apiConfig, frame) {
         debug('validate add');
 
-        if (_.isEmpty(frame.data) || _.isEmpty(frame.data[apiConfig.docName]) || _.isEmpty(frame.data[apiConfig.docName][0])) {
-            return Promise.reject(new common.errors.BadRequestError({
-                message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.utils.noRootKeyProvided', {docName: apiConfig.docName})
-            }));
+        // NOTE: this block should be removed completely once JSON Schema validations
+        //       are introduced for all of the endpoints
+        if (!['posts', 'tags'].includes(apiConfig.docName)) {
+            if (_.isEmpty(frame.data) || _.isEmpty(frame.data[apiConfig.docName]) || _.isEmpty(frame.data[apiConfig.docName][0])) {
+                return Promise.reject(new common.errors.BadRequestError({
+                    message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.utils.noRootKeyProvided', {docName: apiConfig.docName})
+                }));
+            }
         }
 
         const jsonpath = require('jsonpath');
@@ -166,11 +170,17 @@ module.exports = {
             return result;
         }
 
-        if (frame.options.id && frame.data[apiConfig.docName][0].id
-            && frame.options.id !== frame.data[apiConfig.docName][0].id) {
-            return Promise.reject(new common.errors.BadRequestError({
-                message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.utils.invalidIdProvided')
-            }));
+        // NOTE: this block should be removed completely once JSON Schema validations
+        //       are introduced for all of the endpoints. `id` property is currently
+        //       stripped from the request body and only the one provided in `options`
+        //       is used in later logic
+        if (!['posts', 'tags'].includes(apiConfig.docName)) {
+            if (frame.options.id && frame.data[apiConfig.docName][0].id
+                && frame.options.id !== frame.data[apiConfig.docName][0].id) {
+                return Promise.reject(new common.errors.BadRequestError({
+                    message: common.i18n.t('errors.api.utils.invalidIdProvided')
+                }));
+            }
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/tags.js b/core/server/api/v2/tags.js
index f189d6abf3..3407e422da 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/tags.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/tags.js
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ module.exports = {
                 include: {
                     values: ALLOWED_INCLUDES
                 }
-            },
-            data: {
-                name: {
-                    required: true
-                }
             }
         },
         permissions: true,
diff --git a/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/utils/json-schema.js b/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/utils/json-schema.js
index d3ba9a32a9..e4b4c5fe01 100644
--- a/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/utils/json-schema.js
+++ b/core/server/api/v2/utils/validators/utils/json-schema.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const validate = (schema, definitions, data) => {
 
         if (dataPath) {
             key = dataPath.split('.').pop();
+        } else {
+            key = schema.$id.split('.')[0];
         }
 
         return Promise.reject(new common.errors.ValidationError({
diff --git a/core/test/unit/api/shared/validators/input/all_spec.js b/core/test/unit/api/shared/validators/input/all_spec.js
index 3c426bfd4b..32f56bc901 100644
--- a/core/test/unit/api/shared/validators/input/all_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/api/shared/validators/input/all_spec.js
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ describe('Unit: api/shared/validators/input/all', function () {
     describe('edit', function () {
         it('id mismatch', function () {
             const apiConfig = {
-                docName: 'posts'
+                docName: 'users'
             };
 
             const frame = {