diff --git a/api/controllers/console/datasets/datasets.py b/api/controllers/console/datasets/datasets.py
index 623c02631c0..6543969343c 100644
--- a/api/controllers/console/datasets/datasets.py
+++ b/api/controllers/console/datasets/datasets.py
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ class IndexingEstimatePayload(BaseModel):
 
 
 class ConsoleDatasetListQuery(BaseModel):
-    page: int = Field(default=1, description="Page number")
-    limit: int = Field(default=20, description="Number of items per page")
+    page: int = Field(default=1, ge=1, description="Page number")
+    limit: int = Field(default=20, ge=1, description="Number of items per page")
     keyword: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Search keyword")
     include_all: bool = Field(default=False, description="Include all datasets")
     ids: list[str] = Field(default_factory=list, description="Filter by dataset IDs")
diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/controllers/console/datasets/test_dataset_list_query.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/controllers/console/datasets/test_dataset_list_query.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0830fec9f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/controllers/console/datasets/test_dataset_list_query.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+from pydantic import ValidationError
+
+from controllers.console.datasets.datasets import ConsoleDatasetListQuery
+
+
+def test_dataset_list_query_defaults() -> None:
+    query = ConsoleDatasetListQuery()
+    assert query.page == 1
+    assert query.limit == 20
+
+
+def test_dataset_list_query_accepts_valid_pagination() -> None:
+    query = ConsoleDatasetListQuery(page=3, limit=50)
+    assert query.page == 3
+    assert query.limit == 50
+
+
+def test_dataset_list_query_rejects_non_positive_page() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        ConsoleDatasetListQuery(page=0)
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        ConsoleDatasetListQuery(page=-1)
+
+
+def test_dataset_list_query_rejects_non_positive_limit() -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        ConsoleDatasetListQuery(limit=0)
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        ConsoleDatasetListQuery(limit=-5)