diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/featured_tags_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/featured_tags_controller.rb
index edb42a94ea..3af0dd2610 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/featured_tags_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/featured_tags_controller.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ class Api::V1::FeaturedTagsController < Api::BaseController
   end
 
   def featured_tag_params
-    params.permit(:name)
+    params.require(:name)
   end
 end