diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts
index 5e63cedb0f5..4ef67e9da06 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/UnifiedDashboardAPI.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { Spec as DashboardV2Spec } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2';
 import { isResource } from 'app/features/apiserver/guards';
-import { Resource, ResourceList } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
+import { ListOptions, Resource, ResourceList } from 'app/features/apiserver/types';
 import { DashboardDataDTO, DashboardDTO } from 'app/types/dashboard';
 
 import { SaveDashboardCommand } from '../components/SaveDashboard/types';
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ export class UnifiedDashboardAPI
     return await this.v1Client.deleteDashboard(uid, showSuccessAlert);
   }
 
+  async listDashboardHistory(uid: string) {
+    return this.listAcrossVersions({
+      labelSelector: 'grafana.app/get-history=true',
+      fieldSelector: `metadata.name=${uid}`,
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * List deleted dashboards handling mixed v1/v2 versions or pure v2 dashboards.
    *
@@ -68,14 +75,25 @@ export class UnifiedDashboardAPI
   async listDeletedDashboards(
     options: ListDeletedDashboardsOptions
   ): Promise<ResourceList<Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec>> {
-    const v1Response = await this.v1Client.listDeletedDashboards(options);
+    return this.listAcrossVersions(options);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Steps:
+   * 1. Call v1 client to get all deleted dashboards
+   * 2. Check if any items have failed conversion from v2 versions
+   * 3. If v2 dashboards are detected, call v2 client
+   * 4. Filter and combine v1 and v2 dashboards into one response
+   */
+  private async listAcrossVersions(options: ListOptions): Promise<ResourceList<Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec>> {
+    const v1Response = await this.v1Client.client.list(options);
     const filteredV1Items = v1Response.items.filter((item) => !failedFromVersion(item, ['v2']));
 
     if (filteredV1Items.length === v1Response.items.length) {
       return v1Response;
     }
 
-    const v2Response = await this.v2Client.listDeletedDashboards(options);
+    const v2Response = await this.v2Client.client.list(options);
     const filteredV2Items = v2Response.items.filter((item) => !failedFromVersion(item, ['v0', 'v1']));
 
     return {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
index aba4042bfca..9618540b1be 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const K8S_V1_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG = {
 };
 
 export class K8sDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard> {
-  private client: ResourceClient<DashboardDataDTO, Status>;
+  client: ResourceClient<DashboardDataDTO, Status>;
 
   constructor() {
     this.client = new ScopedResourceClient<DashboardDataDTO>(K8S_V1_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG);
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
index 834faf8d152..36effc614f9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export const K8S_V2_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG = {
 export class K8sDashboardV2API
   implements DashboardAPI<DashboardWithAccessInfo<DashboardV2Spec> | DashboardDTO, DashboardV2Spec>
 {
-  private client: ResourceClient<DashboardV2Spec, Status>;
+  client: ResourceClient<DashboardV2Spec, Status>;
 
   constructor() {
     this.client = new ScopedResourceClient<DashboardV2Spec>(K8S_V2_DASHBOARD_API_CONFIG);
diff --git a/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts b/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts
index e955f7a732f..0eab12da834 100644
--- a/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/manage-dashboards/utils/validation.test.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ describe('validateUid', () => {
         saveDashboard: jest.fn(),
         listDeletedDashboards: jest.fn(),
         restoreDashboard: jest.fn(),
+        listDashboardHistory: jest.fn(),
       },
       v2: {
         getDashboardDTO: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(v2Dashboard),
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ describe('validateUid', () => {
         saveDashboard: jest.fn(),
         listDeletedDashboards: jest.fn(),
         restoreDashboard: jest.fn(),
+        listDashboardHistory: jest.fn(),
       },
     });
   });