diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/joi-validator.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/joi-validator.ts
index 5047cdbbc1..7575e7e778 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/joi-validator.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/middleware/joi-validator.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { Ctx } from "@budibase/types"
 function validate(
   schema: Joi.ObjectSchema | Joi.ArraySchema,
   property: string,
-  opts: { errorPrefix: string } = { errorPrefix: `Invalid ${property}` }
+  opts?: { errorPrefix?: string; allowUnknown?: boolean }
 ) {
+  const errorPrefix = opts?.errorPrefix || `Invalid ${property}`
   // Return a Koa middleware function
   return (ctx: Ctx, next: any) => {
     if (!schema) {
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ function validate(
       })
     }
 
-    const { error } = schema.validate(params)
+    const { error } = schema.validate(params, {
+      allowUnknown: opts?.allowUnknown,
+    })
     if (error) {
       let message = error.message
-      if (opts.errorPrefix) {
+      if (errorPrefix) {
         message = `Invalid ${property} - ${message}`
       }
       ctx.throw(400, message)
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ function validate(
 
 export function body(
   schema: Joi.ObjectSchema | Joi.ArraySchema,
-  opts?: { errorPrefix: string }
+  opts?: { errorPrefix?: string; allowUnknown?: boolean }
 ) {
   return validate(schema, "body", opts)
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/rowAction.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/rowAction.ts
index 3ec00dff4d..f4f20822d1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/rowAction.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/rowAction.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ export function rowActionValidator() {
   return middleware.joiValidator.body(
     Joi.object({
       name: Joi.string().required(),
-      id: Joi.optional(),
-      tableId: Joi.optional(),
-    })
+    }),
+    { allowUnknown: true }
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts
index 976dc950e4..68dcc484c4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,34 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
         },
       })
     })
+
+    it("ignores not valid row action data", async () => {
+      const rowAction = createRowActionRequest()
+      const dirtyRowAction = {
+        ...rowAction,
+        id: generator.guid(),
+        valueToIgnore: generator.word(),
+      }
+      const res = await createRowAction(tableId, dirtyRowAction, {
+        status: 201,
+      })
+
+      expect(res).toEqual({
+        id: expect.any(String),
+        tableId,
+        ...rowAction,
+      })
+
+      expect(await config.api.rowAction.find(tableId)).toEqual({
+        actions: {
+          [res.id]: {
+            ...rowAction,
+            id: res.id,
+            tableId: tableId,
+          },
+        },
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe("find", () => {