diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index 655ffe289e..5a0ed1ae1d 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Bug Report
 description: File a bug report
-title: 'Bug: '
+title: ''
 labels:
   - 'type: bug'
 body:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement_request.yml
index 52b49e0481..da4d0d9319 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement_request.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Enhancement Request
 description: Create a report to help us enhance a particular feature
-title: "Enhancement: "
+title: ""
 labels:
   - "type: enhancement"
 body:
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_vray_rop.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_vray_rop.py
index f80ca39f1c..62b7dcdd5d 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_vray_rop.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/houdini/plugins/publish/collect_vray_rop.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class CollectVrayROPRenderProducts(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         beauty_product = self.get_render_product_name(default_prefix)
         render_products.append(beauty_product)
         files_by_aov = {
-            "RGB Color": self.generate_expected_files(instance,
+            "": self.generate_expected_files(instance,
                                                       beauty_product)}
 
         if instance.data.get("RenderElement", True):
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ class CollectVrayROPRenderProducts(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             if render_element:
                 for aov, renderpass in render_element.items():
                     render_products.append(renderpass)
-                    files_by_aov[aov] = self.generate_expected_files(instance, renderpass)          # noqa
+                    files_by_aov[aov] = self.generate_expected_files(
+                        instance, renderpass)
+
 
         for product in render_products:
             self.log.debug("Found render product: %s" % product)
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_has_uv.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_has_uv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..109b7fe0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/max/plugins/publish/validate_mesh_has_uv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+import pyblish.api
+from ayon_core.hosts.max.api.action import SelectInvalidAction
+from ayon_core.pipeline.publish import (
+    ValidateMeshOrder,
+    OptionalPyblishPluginMixin,
+    PublishValidationError
+)
+from pymxs import runtime as rt
+
+
+class ValidateMeshHasUVs(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
+                         OptionalPyblishPluginMixin):
+
+    """Validate the current mesh has UVs.
+
+    This validator only checks if the mesh has UVs but not
+    whether all the individual faces of the mesh have UVs.
+
+    It validates whether the current mesh has texture vertices.
+    If the mesh does not have texture vertices, it does not
+    have UVs in Max.
+
+    """
+
+    order = ValidateMeshOrder
+    hosts = ['max']
+    families = ['model']
+    label = 'Validate Mesh Has UVs'
+    actions = [SelectInvalidAction]
+    optional = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_invalid(cls, instance):
+        meshes = [member for member in instance.data["members"]
+                  if rt.isProperty(member, "mesh")]
+        invalid = [member for member in meshes
+                   if member.mesh.numTVerts == 0]
+        return invalid
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        invalid = self.get_invalid(instance)
+        if invalid:
+            bullet_point_invalid_statement = "\n".join(
+                "- {}".format(invalid.name) for invalid
+                in invalid
+            )
+            report = (
+                "Model meshes are required to have UVs.\n\n"
+                "Meshes detected with invalid or missing UVs:\n"
+                f"{bullet_point_invalid_statement}\n"
+            )
+            raise PublishValidationError(
+                report,
+                description=(
+                "Model meshes are required to have UVs.\n\n"
+                "Meshes detected with no texture vertice or missing UVs"),
+                title="Non-mesh objects found or mesh has missing UVs")
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
index 357dad76d4..58419e7284 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/collect_audio.py
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ class CollectAudio(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         "webpublisher",
         "aftereffects",
         "flame",
-        "unreal"
+        "unreal",
+        "blender",
+        "houdini",
+        "max",
     ]
 
     audio_product_name = "audioMain"
diff --git a/server_addon/max/server/settings/publishers.py b/server_addon/max/server/settings/publishers.py
index d747f11d1e..729b8aa006 100644
--- a/server_addon/max/server/settings/publishers.py
+++ b/server_addon/max/server/settings/publishers.py
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ class PublishersModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         default_factory=ValidateLoadedPluginModel,
         title="Validate Loaded Plugin"
     )
+    ValidateMeshHasUVs: BasicValidateModel = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=BasicValidateModel,
+        title="Validate Mesh Has UVs"
+    )
     ExtractModelObj: BasicValidateModel = SettingsField(
         default_factory=BasicValidateModel,
         title="Extract OBJ",
@@ -143,6 +147,11 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_SETTINGS = {
         "optional": True,
         "family_plugins_mapping": []
     },
+    "ValidateMeshHasUVs": {
+        "enabled": True,
+        "optional": True,
+        "active": False
+    },
     "ExtractModelObj": {
         "enabled": True,
         "optional": True,
diff --git a/server_addon/max/server/version.py b/server_addon/max/server/version.py
index 1276d0254f..0a8da88258 100644
--- a/server_addon/max/server/version.py
+++ b/server_addon/max/server/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.1.5"
+__version__ = "0.1.6"