diff --git a/ci/src/_utils.py b/ci/src/_utils.py
index bcd6ae527..b29ec75af 100644
--- a/ci/src/_utils.py
+++ b/ci/src/_utils.py
@@ -41,22 +41,21 @@
 
 
 def plugin_reader() -> P:
-    plugin_files = get_plugin_files()
+    plugin_file_paths = get_plugin_file_paths()
 
     manifests = []
 
-    for plugin in plugin_files:
-        with open(plugin, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            manifest = json.load(f)
-            manifests.append(manifest)
+    for plugin_path in plugin_file_paths:
+        with open(plugin_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            manifests.append(json.load(f))
 
     return manifests
 
-def get_plugin_files() -> list[str]:
+def get_plugin_file_paths() -> list[str]:
     return [os.path.join(plugin_dir, filename) for filename in get_plugin_filenames()]
 
 def get_plugin_filenames() -> list[str]:
-    return [file for file in os.listdir(plugin_dir)]
+    return os.listdir(plugin_dir)
 
 def etag_reader() -> ETagsType:
     with open(etag_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
@@ -91,3 +90,13 @@ def check_url(url: str) -> bool:
         re.IGNORECASE,
     )
     return re.match(regex, url) is not None
+
+
+def get_file_plugins_json_info(required_key: str = "") -> list[dict[str, str]]:
+    with open("plugins.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+
+    if not required_key:
+        return data
+
+    return [{required_key: plugin[required_key]} for plugin in data]
diff --git a/ci/src/validator.py b/ci/src/validator.py
index 985414b6e..6040a8a64 100644
--- a/ci/src/validator.py
+++ b/ci/src/validator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # -*-coding: utf-8 -*-
-from _utils import clean, id_name, language_list, language_name, plugin_reader, check_url, icon_path, get_plugin_files, get_plugin_filenames
+import uuid
+
+from _utils import (check_url, clean, get_file_plugins_json_info, get_plugin_file_paths, get_plugin_filenames,
+                    icon_path, id_name, language_list, language_name, plugin_reader)
 
 plugin_infos = plugin_reader()
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ def test_valid_icon_url():
         assert check_url(plugin[icon_path]), msg
 
 def test_file_type_json():
-    incorrect_ext_files = [file for file in get_plugin_files() if not file.endswith(".json")]
+    incorrect_ext_files = [file_path for file_path in get_plugin_file_paths() if not file_path.endswith(".json")]
 
     assert len(incorrect_ext_files) == 0, f"Expected the following file to be of .json extension: {incorrect_ext_files}"
 
@@ -35,3 +38,20 @@ def test_file_name_construct():
         assert (
             f"{info['Name']}-{info['ID']}.json" in filenames
         ), f"Plugin {info['Name']} with ID {info['ID']} does not have the correct filename. Make sure it's name + ID, i.e. {info['Name']}-{info['ID']}.json"
+
+def test_submitted_plugin_id_is_valid_uuid():
+    plugins_json_ids = [item["ID"] for item in get_file_plugins_json_info("ID")]
+    existing_plugin_file_ids = [info["ID"] for info in plugin_infos]
+
+    for id in existing_plugin_file_ids:
+        # plugins.json would not contain new submission's ID.
+        if id in plugins_json_ids:
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            uuid.UUID(id, version=4)
+            outcome = True
+        except ValueError:
+            outcome = False
+
+        assert outcome is True, f"The submission plugin ID {id} is not a valid v4 UUID"