diff --git a/src/ruleset/v3/functions/channelServer3.ts b/src/ruleset/v3/functions/channelServer3.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..581d34feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ruleset/v3/functions/channelServer3.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { createRulesetFunction } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+import type { IFunctionResult } from '@stoplight/spectral-core';
+
+export const channelServers3 = createRulesetFunction<
+  { servers?: Record<string, unknown>; channels?: Record<string, { servers?: Array<{ $ref: string }> }> },
+  null
+>(
+  {
+    input: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        servers: {
+          type: 'object',
+        },
+        channels: {
+          type: 'object',
+          additionalProperties: {
+            type: 'object',
+            properties: {
+              servers: {
+                type: 'array',
+                items: {
+                  type: 'object',
+                  required: ['$ref'],
+                  properties: {
+                    $ref: { type: 'string' },
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    options: null,
+  },
+  (targetVal) => {
+    console.log('channelServers function called with:', JSON.stringify(targetVal, null, 2));
+    const results: IFunctionResult[] = [];
+    if (!targetVal.channels) return results;
+
+    Object.entries(targetVal.channels ?? {}).forEach(([channelAddress, channel]) => {
+      if (!channel.servers) return;
+
+      channel.servers.forEach((serverRef, index) => {
+        if (!serverRef.$ref.startsWith('#/servers/')) {
+          results.push({
+            message: 'Channel server must reference a server defined in the root "servers" object.',
+            path: ['channels', channelAddress, 'servers', index, '$ref'],
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    console.log('channelServers function returning results:', results);
+    return results;
+  },
+);
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diff --git a/src/ruleset/v3/ruleset.ts b/src/ruleset/v3/ruleset.ts
index 724339e84..5565a8950 100644
--- a/src/ruleset/v3/ruleset.ts
+++ b/src/ruleset/v3/ruleset.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { AsyncAPIFormats } from '../formats';
 import { operationMessagesUnambiguity } from './functions/operationMessagesUnambiguity';
+import { channelServers3 } from './functions/channelServers3';
 import { pattern } from '@stoplight/spectral-functions';
 
 export const v3CoreRuleset = {
@@ -56,6 +57,16 @@ export const v3CoreRuleset = {
           match: '#\\/servers\\/', // If doesn't match, rule fails.
         },
       },
+    },
+    'asyncapi3-channel-servers': {
+      description: 'Channel servers must be defined in the root "servers" object.',
+      message: '{{error}}',
+      severity: 'error',
+      recommended: true,
+      given: '$',
+      then: {
+        function: channelServers3,
+      },
     }
   },
 };
diff --git a/test/ruleset/rules/v3/asyncapi3-channel-server.spec.ts b/test/ruleset/rules/v3/asyncapi3-channel-server.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2f62bb61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ruleset/rules/v3/asyncapi3-channel-server.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+import { testRule, DiagnosticSeverity } from '../../tester';
+
+testRule('asyncapi3-channel-servers', [
+  {
+    name: 'valid case',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [{ $ref: '#/servers/development' }],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'valid case - multiple servers',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+        staging: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [
+            { $ref: '#/servers/development' },
+            { $ref: '#/servers/production' },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'valid case - without defined servers',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {},
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'valid case - without defined servers in the root',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      channels: {
+        channel: {},
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'valid case - without defined channels in the root',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'valid case - with empty array',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'invalid case - incorrect $ref',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [{ $ref: '#/components/servers/another-server' }],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [
+      {
+        message: 'Channel server must reference a server defined in the root "servers" object.',
+        path: ['channels', 'channel', 'servers', '0', '$ref'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'invalid case - one server is correct, another one is incorrect',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [
+            { $ref: '#/servers/production' },
+            { $ref: '#/components/servers/another-server' },
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [
+      {
+        message: 'Channel server must reference a server defined in the root "servers" object.',
+        path: ['channels', 'channel', 'servers', '1', '$ref'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'invalid case - without defined servers',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [{ $ref: '#/servers/production' }],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [
+      {
+        message: 'Channel server must reference a server defined in the root "servers" object.',
+        path: ['channels', 'channel', 'servers', '0', '$ref'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'invalid case - incorrect $ref format',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: [{ $ref: 'production' }],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [
+      {
+        message: 'Channel server must reference a server defined in the root "servers" object.',
+        path: ['channels', 'channel', 'servers', '0', '$ref'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+
+  {
+    name: 'invalid case - servers is not an array',
+    document: {
+      asyncapi: '3.0.0',
+      servers: {
+        development: {},
+        production: {},
+      },
+      channels: {
+        channel: {
+          servers: { $ref: '#/servers/production' },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    errors: [
+      {
+        message: 'Channel servers must be an array of references to servers.',
+        path: ['channels', 'channel', 'servers'],
+        severity: DiagnosticSeverity.Error,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+]);
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