diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-packagenames.yml b/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-packagenames.yml
index 22149f4c3d..fff8633f6b 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-packagenames.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/release-validate-packagenames.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
   - pwsh: |
       $message = @()
       Get-ChildItem $(System.ArtifactsDirectory)\* -recurse -filter *.pkg | ForEach-Object {
-          if($_.Name -notmatch 'powershell-(lts-)?\d+\.\d+\.\d+\-([a-z]*\.\d+\-)?osx\-(x64|arm64)\.pkg')
+          if($_.Name -notmatch '^powershell-(lts-)?\d+\.\d+\.\d+\-([a-z]+\.\d+\-)?osx\-(x64|arm64)\.pkg$')
           {
               $messageInstance = "$($_.Name) is not a valid package name"
               $message += $messageInstance
diff --git a/test/packaging/packaging.tests.ps1 b/test/packaging/packaging.tests.ps1
index cc4bbe0d72..695387decb 100644
--- a/test/packaging/packaging.tests.ps1
+++ b/test/packaging/packaging.tests.ps1
@@ -64,4 +64,204 @@ Describe "Packaging Module Functions" {
             $result.PackageIdentifier | Should -Be "com.microsoft.powershell-preview"
         }
     }
+
+    Context "Package Name Validation Functions" {
+        Context "Test-PackageNameRpm" {
+            It "Should accept valid stable RPM names" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.4.13-1.cm.aarch64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid LTS RPM names" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-lts-7.4.13-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-lts-7.2.0-1.cm.aarch64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid preview RPM names" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-preview-7.6.0-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept RPM names with suffixes" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0_alpha.1-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0_preview.6-1.cm.aarch64.rpm" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject RPM names with invalid characters in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0_preview@6-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0_preview-6-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject RPM names with empty label in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0_.6-1.rh.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject RPM names with invalid architecture" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-1.rh.arm64.rpm" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject RPM names with invalid distribution" {
+                Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-1.ubuntu.x86_64.rpm" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+        }
+
+        Context "Test-PackageNameTarGz" {
+            It "Should accept valid stable tar.gz names" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.4.13-osx-arm64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-musl-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid LTS tar.gz names" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-lts-7.4.13-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept tar.gz names with preview suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-alpha.1-osx-arm64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept tar.gz names with various runtimes" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-x64-fxdependent.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-arm32.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-musl-x64-musl-noopt-fxdependent.tar.gz" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject tar.gz names with invalid characters in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview@6-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview-6-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject tar.gz names with empty label in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-.6-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject tar.gz names with repeated platform tokens" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linuxlinux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject tar.gz names with invalid platform" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-windows-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject tar.gz names without anchoring (extra text)" {
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "extra-powershell-7.6.0-linux-x64.tar.gz" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-x64.tar.gz-extra" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+        }
+
+        Context "Test-PackageNamePkg" {
+            It "Should accept valid stable PKG names" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.4.13-osx-arm64.pkg" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid LTS PKG names" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-lts-7.4.13-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept PKG names with preview suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.4.13-rebuild.5-osx-arm64.pkg" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject PKG names with invalid characters in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview@6-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview-6-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject PKG names with empty label in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-.6-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject PKG names with invalid architecture" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-osx-x86.pkg" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject PKG names without anchoring (extra text)" {
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "extra-powershell-7.6.0-osx-x64.pkg" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-osx-x64.pkg-extra" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+        }
+
+        Context "Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip" {
+            It "Should accept valid stable MSI names" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-win-x64.msi" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.4.13-win-arm64.msi" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid stable ZIP names" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-win-x64.zip" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.4.13-win-x86.zip" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept MSI/ZIP names with preview suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-preview.6-win-x64.msi" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-alpha.1-win-x64.zip" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept MSI/ZIP names with fxdependent runtime" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-win-fxdependent.zip" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-win-fxdependentWinDesktop.zip" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject MSI/ZIP names with invalid characters in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-preview@6-win-x64.msi" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-preview-6-win-x64.zip" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject MSI/ZIP names with empty label in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-.6-win-x64.msi" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject MSI/ZIP names with wrong case" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-win-x64.msi" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject MSI/ZIP names without anchoring (extra text)" {
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "extra-PowerShell-7.6.0-win-x64.msi" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-win-x64.msi-extra" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+        }
+
+        Context "Test-PackageNameDeb" {
+            It "Should accept valid stable DEB names" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $true
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.4.13-1.deb_arm64.deb" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid preview DEB names" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell-preview_7.6.0-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept valid LTS DEB names" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell-lts_7.4.13-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept DEB names with dash suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell-preview_7.6.0-preview.6-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should accept DEB names with tilde suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0~preview.6-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $true
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject DEB names with invalid characters in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-preview@6-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-preview-6-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject DEB names with empty label in suffix" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-.6-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject DEB names with invalid architecture" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-1.deb_x86.deb" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+
+            It "Should reject DEB names without anchoring (extra text)" {
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "extra-powershell_7.6.0-1.deb_amd64.deb" | Should -Be $false
+                Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-1.deb_amd64.deb-extra" | Should -Be $false
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1 b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
index cddde65aa9..c791d482c3 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
+++ b/tools/packaging/packaging.psm1
@@ -5808,3 +5808,165 @@ function Test-IsProductFile {
 
     return $false
 }
+
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Tests if a package name matches the expected pattern for RPM packages.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+Validates that RPM package names follow the correct naming convention:
+- powershell-<version>-1.<dist>.<arch>.rpm
+- powershell-lts-<version>-1.<dist>.<arch>.rpm
+- powershell-preview-<version>-1.<dist>.<arch>.rpm
+Where suffix can be: _<label>.<number> (e.g., _alpha.1)
+
+.PARAMETER PackageName
+The name of the package file to validate.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-1.rh.x86_64.rpm"
+Returns $true
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameRpm -PackageName "powershell-lts-7.4.13-1.cm.aarch64.rpm"
+Returns $true
+#>
+function Test-PackageNameRpm {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [string]$PackageName
+    )
+    
+    $pattern = '^powershell\-(preview-|lts-)?\d+\.\d+\.\d+(_[a-z]+\.\d+)?-1\.(rh|cm)\.(x86_64|aarch64)\.rpm$'
+    return $PackageName -match $pattern
+}
+
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Tests if a package name matches the expected pattern for tar.gz packages.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+Validates that tar.gz package names follow the correct naming convention:
+- powershell-<version>-<platform>-<runtime>.tar.gz
+- powershell-lts-<version>-<platform>-<runtime>.tar.gz
+Where suffix can be: <label>.<number>- (e.g., preview.6-)
+
+.PARAMETER PackageName
+The name of the package file to validate.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-linux-x64.tar.gz"
+Returns $true
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameTarGz -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-linux-x64.tar.gz"
+Returns $true
+#>
+function Test-PackageNameTarGz {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [string]$PackageName
+    )
+    
+    $pattern = '^powershell-(lts-)?\d+\.\d+\.\d+\-([a-z]+\.\d+\-)?(linux|osx|linux-musl)\-(x64\-fxdependent|x64|arm32|arm64|x64\-musl-noopt\-fxdependent)\.tar\.gz$'
+    return $PackageName -match $pattern
+}
+
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Tests if a package name matches the expected pattern for macOS PKG packages.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+Validates that macOS PKG package names follow the correct naming convention:
+- powershell-<version>-osx-<arch>.pkg
+- powershell-lts-<version>-osx-<arch>.pkg
+Where suffix can be: <label>.<number>- (e.g., preview.6-)
+
+.PARAMETER PackageName
+The name of the package file to validate.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-osx-x64.pkg"
+Returns $true
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNamePkg -PackageName "powershell-7.6.0-preview.6-osx-x64.pkg"
+Returns $true
+#>
+function Test-PackageNamePkg {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [string]$PackageName
+    )
+    
+    $pattern = '^powershell-(lts-)?\d+\.\d+\.\d+\-([a-z]+\.\d+\-)?osx\-(x64|arm64)\.pkg$'
+    return $PackageName -match $pattern
+}
+
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Tests if a package name matches the expected pattern for Windows MSI/ZIP packages.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+Validates that Windows MSI and ZIP package names follow the correct naming convention:
+- PowerShell-<version>-win-<runtime>.msi
+- PowerShell-<version>-win-<runtime>.zip
+Where suffix can be: <label>.<number>- (e.g., preview.6-)
+
+.PARAMETER PackageName
+The name of the package file to validate.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-win-x64.msi"
+Returns $true
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip -PackageName "PowerShell-7.6.0-preview.6-win-x64.zip"
+Returns $true
+#>
+function Test-PackageNameWindowsMsiZip {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [string]$PackageName
+    )
+    
+    $pattern = '^PowerShell-\d+\.\d+\.\d+\-([a-z]+\.\d+\-)?win\-(fxdependent|x64|arm64|x86|fxdependentWinDesktop)\.(msi|zip)$'
+    return $PackageName -cmatch $pattern
+}
+
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Tests if a package name matches the expected pattern for Debian DEB packages.
+
+.DESCRIPTION
+Validates that Debian DEB package names follow the correct naming convention:
+- powershell_<version>-1.deb_<arch>.deb
+- powershell-preview_<version>-1.deb_<arch>.deb
+- powershell-lts_<version>-1.deb_<arch>.deb
+Where suffix can be: -<label>.<number> or ~<label>.<number> (e.g., -preview.6)
+
+.PARAMETER PackageName
+The name of the package file to validate.
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell_7.6.0-1.deb_amd64.deb"
+Returns $true
+
+.EXAMPLE
+Test-PackageNameDeb -PackageName "powershell-preview_7.6.0-preview.6-1.deb_amd64.deb"
+Returns $true
+#>
+function Test-PackageNameDeb {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [string]$PackageName
+    )
+    
+    $pattern = '^powershell(-preview|-lts)?_\d+\.\d+\.\d+([\-~][a-z]+\.\d+)?-\d\.deb_(amd64|arm64)\.deb$'
+    return $PackageName -match $pattern
+}