diff --git a/mcp/streamable.go b/mcp/streamable.go
index f24badbb..07261a7d 100644
--- a/mcp/streamable.go
+++ b/mcp/streamable.go
@@ -2136,14 +2136,21 @@ type streamableClientConn struct {
 var _ clientConnection = (*streamableClientConn)(nil)
 
 func (c *streamableClientConn) sessionUpdated(state clientSessionState) {
+	// 2026-07-28 removed both protocol-level sessions (SEP-2567) and the
+	// standalone HTTP GET SSE stream (SEP-2575).
+	modern := state.InitializeResult != nil &&
+		state.InitializeResult.ProtocolVersion >= protocolVersion20260728
+
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.initializedResult = state.InitializeResult
+	if modern {
+		// A client must not echo an Mcp-Session-Id, so drop one that the initial
+		// response adopted before the negotiated version was known.
+		c.sessionID = ""
+	}
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 
-	// Under SEP-2575 (protocol version >= 2026-07-28) the standalone HTTP GET
-	// SSE stream is removed.
-	if state.InitializeResult == nil ||
-		state.InitializeResult.ProtocolVersion >= protocolVersion20260728 {
+	if state.InitializeResult == nil || modern {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -2371,12 +2378,18 @@ func (c *streamableClientConn) Write(ctx context.Context, msg jsonrpc.Message) e
 
 	if sessionID := resp.Header.Get(sessionIDHeader); sessionID != "" {
 		c.mu.Lock()
+		// 2026-07-28 (SEP-2567) removed protocol-level sessions. Once the
+		// negotiated version is known to be modern, ignore an Mcp-Session-Id
+		// from a non-compliant server: don't adopt it, so it is never echoed on
+		// later requests or used to terminate the session with DELETE.
+		modern := c.initializedResult != nil &&
+			c.initializedResult.ProtocolVersion >= protocolVersion20260728
 		hadSessionID := c.sessionID
-		if hadSessionID == "" {
+		if !modern && hadSessionID == "" {
 			c.sessionID = sessionID
 		}
 		c.mu.Unlock()
-		if hadSessionID != "" && hadSessionID != sessionID {
+		if !modern && hadSessionID != "" && hadSessionID != sessionID {
 			resp.Body.Close()
 			return fmt.Errorf("mismatching session IDs %q and %q", hadSessionID, sessionID)
 		}
diff --git a/mcp/streamable_client_test.go b/mcp/streamable_client_test.go
index 77ff81a2..db61abf0 100644
--- a/mcp/streamable_client_test.go
+++ b/mcp/streamable_client_test.go
@@ -1406,6 +1406,65 @@ func TestStreamableClientConnect_DiscoverSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestStreamableClientConnect_ModernIgnoresSessionID verifies that on a
+// 2026-07-28 session the client ignores an Mcp-Session-Id from a non-compliant
+// server: protocol-level sessions were removed (SEP-2567), so later requests
+// must carry no session ID and Close must not send a session-terminating
+// DELETE.
+func TestStreamableClientConnect_ModernIgnoresSessionID(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	echoResult := func(result any) func(*jsonrpc.Request) (string, int) {
+		return func(r *jsonrpc.Request) (string, int) {
+			return jsonBody(t, &jsonrpc.Response{ID: r.ID, Result: mustMarshal(result)}), http.StatusOK
+		}
+	}
+
+	fake := &fakeStreamableServer{
+		t: t,
+		responses: fakeResponses{
+			// The discover response wrongly carries a session ID.
+			{"POST", "", methodDiscover, ""}: {
+				header: header{
+					"Content-Type":  "application/json",
+					sessionIDHeader: "sess-1",
+				},
+				wantProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20260728,
+				responseFunc:        echoResult(discoverResult),
+			},
+			// The follow-up tools/list must arrive with no session ID. Had the
+			// client echoed "sess-1", this key would not match and the server
+			// would fail with "missing response". A DELETE carrying the session
+			// ID is likewise never registered, so Close sending one would fail.
+			{"POST", "", methodListTools, ""}: {
+				header:              header{"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+				wantProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20260728,
+				responseFunc:        echoResult(&ListToolsResult{}),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	httpServer := httptest.NewServer(fake)
+	defer httpServer.Close()
+
+	transport := &StreamableClientTransport{Endpoint: httpServer.URL}
+	client := NewClient(testImpl, nil)
+	session, err := client.Connect(ctx, transport, &ClientSessionOptions{ProtocolVersion: protocolVersion20260728})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Connect: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := session.ListTools(ctx, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListTools: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := session.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if missing := fake.missingRequests(); len(missing) > 0 {
+		t.Errorf("missing expected requests: %v", missing)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestStreamableClientConnSetMCPHeaders_ProtocolVersion covers
 // streamableClientConn.setMCPHeaders' selection of the Mcp-Protocol-Version
 // header value.