diff --git a/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTests/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js b/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTests/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js
index 343b7a53..9d8e69ed 100644
--- a/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTests/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js
+++ b/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTests/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const inputSchema = /** @type {const} */ ({
         full_product_names: {
           elements: fullProductNameSchema,
         },
-        relationships: {
+        product_paths: {
           elements: {
             additionalProperties: true,
             optionalProperties: {
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ export function mandatoryTest_6_1_42(doc) {
     )
   })
 
-  doc.product_tree?.relationships?.forEach((relationship, index) => {
-    const fullProductName = relationship.full_product_name
+  doc.product_tree?.product_paths?.forEach((productPath, index) => {
+    const fullProductName = productPath.full_product_name
     if (fullProductName) {
       checkFullProductName(
-        `/product_tree/relationships/${index}/full_product_name`,
+        `/product_tree/product_paths/${index}/full_product_name`,
         fullProductName
       )
     }
diff --git a/tests/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js b/tests/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js
index 145d289c..de07aef6 100644
--- a/tests/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js
+++ b/tests/csaf_2_1/mandatoryTest_6_1_42.js
@@ -11,6 +11,26 @@ describe('mandatoryTest_6_1_42', function () {
     assert.equal(mandatoryTest_6_1_42({ product_tree: 'mydoc' }).isValid, true)
   })
 
+  it('validates product_paths and skips invalid ones', function () {
+    assert.equal(
+      mandatoryTest_6_1_42({
+        product_tree: {
+          product_paths: [
+            {
+              full_product_name: {
+                purls: [
+                  'pkg:oci/product-A@sha256%3Add134261219b2?repository_url=https://registry.example.com',
+                ],
+              },
+            },
+            {},
+          ],
+        },
+      }).isValid,
+      true
+    )
+  })
+
   it('test checkPurls', function () {
     expect(checkPurls([]), 'empty purl array').to.eql([])
     expect(checkPurls(['invalid']), 'invalid PURL').to.eql([])