diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2fb1bdc4f..8ddc58ecf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>gov.nasa.pds</groupId>
       <artifactId>pds4-jparser</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
       <exclusions>
       <exclusion>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/tools/validate/rule/pds4/DataDefinitionAndContentValidationRule.java b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/tools/validate/rule/pds4/DataDefinitionAndContentValidationRule.java
index 36afc834f..417dc383d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/tools/validate/rule/pds4/DataDefinitionAndContentValidationRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/tools/validate/rule/pds4/DataDefinitionAndContentValidationRule.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public boolean isApplicable(String location) {
   public void validate() throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException {
     int objectCounter = 0;
     Label label = null;
+    String objectIdentifier = "";
     try {
       URL target = getTarget();
       String targetFileName = target.toString().substring(target.toString().lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public void validate() throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException {
 
       URL previousDataFile = null;
       for (DataObject obj : label.getObjects()) {
+        objectIdentifier = getObjectIdentifier(obj);
         LOG.debug("Checking DataObject #{} '{}'", objectCounter, obj.getName());
 
         // reset counters and everything if we are onto a new datafile
@@ -101,7 +103,8 @@ public void validate() throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException {
       // this was thrown by label.getDataObjects(), and means we won't perform validation for this
       // product
     } catch (InvalidTableException e) {
-      String msg = "Data Object #" + objectCounter + ": " + e.getMessage();
+      String msg =
+          "Data Object #" + objectCounter + " (" + objectIdentifier + "): " + e.getMessage();
       getListener().addProblem(new ValidationProblem(
           new ProblemDefinition(ExceptionType.ERROR, ProblemType.TABLE_DEFINITION_PROBLEM, msg),
           getTarget(), objectCounter, -1));
@@ -110,13 +113,15 @@ public void validate() throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException {
     } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
       // File not found. This is caught and error is tracked elsewhere
     } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg =
+          "Data Object #" + objectCounter + " (" + objectIdentifier + "): " + e.getMessage();
       getListener().addProblem(new ValidationProblem(
-          new ProblemDefinition(ExceptionType.ERROR, ProblemType.BAD_FIELD_READ, e.getMessage()),
-          getTarget(), objectCounter, -1));
+          new ProblemDefinition(ExceptionType.ERROR, ProblemType.BAD_FIELD_READ, msg), getTarget(),
+          objectCounter, -1));
       // e.printStackTrace();
     } finally {
-        if (Objects.nonNull(label))
-            label.close();
+      if (Objects.nonNull(label))
+        label.close();
     }
   }
 
@@ -131,5 +136,15 @@ private void checkOffset(URL target, long minimumExpected, long offset, int obje
           target, objectNumber, -1));
     }
   }
+
+  private String getObjectIdentifier(DataObject obj) {
+    if (obj.getName() != null) {
+      return obj.getName();
+    } else if (obj.getLocalIdentifier() != null) {
+      return obj.getLocalIdentifier();
+    } else {
+      return "Identifier Not Specified";
+    }
+  }
 }