diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx
index dc1662300e1..48587752bc1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/QueryLibrary/QueryTemplatesList.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { uniq } from 'lodash';
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
+import { getBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime/src/services/backendSrv';
 import { EmptyState, Spinner } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
 import { useAllQueryTemplatesQuery } from 'app/features/query-library';
 import { User } from 'app/features/query-library/api/types';
 import { QueryTemplate } from 'app/features/query-library/types';
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ const getQueryTemplateRows = async (data: QueryTemplate[]): Promise<QueryTemplat
   const userData = Promise.all(
     userQtList.map((user) => {
       if (user.userId) {
-        return backendSrv.get(`api/users/${user.userId}`);
+        return getBackendSrv().get(`api/users/${user.userId}`);
       } else if (user.login) {
-        return backendSrv.get(`api/users/lookup/${user.login}`);
+        return getBackendSrv().get(`api/users/lookup/${user.login}`);
       } else {
         // should never happen
         return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/setup.tsx b/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/setup.tsx
index c2aa3187aff..ad5260eb489 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/setup.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/spec/helper/setup.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function setupExplore(options?: SetupOptions): {
       }
       return of({ data });
     }),
-    get: jest.fn(),
+    get: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}),
     patch: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(undefined),
     post: jest.fn(),
     put: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(undefined),
diff --git a/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts b/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts
index 2a941716b7d..474210ef5d9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/query-library/api/testdata/testQueryList.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const getTestQueryList = () => ({
         uid: '65327fce-c545-489d-ada5-16f909453d12',
         resourceVersion: '1783293341664808960',
         creationTimestamp: '2024-04-25T20:32:58Z',
+        annotations: { 'grafana.app/createdBy': 'user:1:admin' },
       },
       spec: {
         title: 'Elastic Query Template',
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export const getTestQueryList = () => ({
         uid: '3e71de65-efa7-40e3-8f23-124212cca455',
         resourceVersion: '1783214217151647744',
         creationTimestamp: '2024-04-25T11:05:55Z',
+        annotations: { 'grafana.app/createdBy': 'user:1:admin' },
       },
       spec: {
         title: 'Loki Query Template',