diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/utils/operationIdGeneration.test.js b/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/utils/operationIdGeneration.test.js
index 185987d00f..7f1f92dafd 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/utils/operationIdGeneration.test.js
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/__tests__/utils/operationIdGeneration.test.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe('tools/spectral/ipa/utils/operationIdGeneration.js', () => {
     expect(generateOperationID('addNode', '/groups/{groupId}/clusters/{clusterName}')).toEqual('addGroupClusterNode');
     expect(generateOperationID('get', '/api/atlas/v2/groups/byName/{groupName}')).toEqual('getGroupByName');
     expect(generateOperationID('', '/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/backup/exportBuckets/{exportBucketId}')).toEqual(
-      'exportGroupBackupBucket'
+      'exportGroupBackupBuckets'
     );
   });
 
@@ -36,5 +36,8 @@ describe('tools/spectral/ipa/utils/operationIdGeneration.js', () => {
     expect(generateOperationID('', '/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/clusters/{clusterName}/restartPrimaries')).toEqual(
       'restartGroupClusterPrimaries'
     );
+    expect(generateOperationID('', '/api/atlas/v2/groups/{groupId}/pipelines/{pipelineName}/pause')).toEqual(
+      'pauseGroupPipeline'
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/utils/operationIdGeneration.js b/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/utils/operationIdGeneration.js
index 69921f42db..a3fcda762a 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/utils/operationIdGeneration.js
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/rulesets/functions/utils/operationIdGeneration.js
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ export function generateOperationID(method, path) {
   // legacy custom method - use end of path as custom method name
   if (!method) {
     method = nouns.pop();
+    resourceIdentifier = resourceIdentifier.slice(0, resourceIdentifier.lastIndexOf('/'));
   }
 
   nouns = nouns.map((noun) => capitalize(noun));
 
   let verb = deriveActionVerb(method);
+  const camelCaseCustomMethod = method.length > verb.length;
 
   // if custom method name is multiple words, add trailing nouns to the operation ID
-  if (method.length > verb.length) {
+  if (camelCaseCustomMethod) {
     nouns.push(method.slice(verb.length));
   }
 
@@ -40,10 +42,10 @@ export function generateOperationID(method, path) {
     opID += inflection.singularize(nouns[i]);
   }
 
-  // singularize final noun, dependent on resource identifier
+  // singularize final noun, dependent on resource identifier - leave custom nouns alone
   if (
-    isPathParam(resourceIdentifier.split('/').pop()) ||
-    isSingleResourceIdentifier(resourceIdentifier) ||
+    ((isPathParam(resourceIdentifier.split('/').pop()) || isSingleResourceIdentifier(resourceIdentifier)) &&
+      !camelCaseCustomMethod) ||
     verb === 'create'
   ) {
     nouns[nouns.length - 1] = inflection.singularize(nouns[nouns.length - 1]);