diff --git a/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper.go b/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper.go
index 45e15db7a0f..0d2f1cb4ac4 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper.go
+++ b/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/provisioning/v0alpha1"
 	utilnet "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 )
 
@@ -32,8 +33,15 @@ func NewRoundTripper(tokenExchangeClient tokenExchanger, base http.RoundTripper,
 }
 
 func (t *RoundTripper) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	// when we want to write resources with the provisioning API, the audience needs to include provisioning
+	// so that it passes the check in enforceManagerProperties, which prevents others from updating provisioned resources
+	audiences := []string{t.audience}
+	if t.audience != v0alpha1.GROUP {
+		audiences = append(audiences, v0alpha1.GROUP)
+	}
+
 	tokenResponse, err := t.client.Exchange(req.Context(), authn.TokenExchangeRequest{
-		Audiences: []string{t.audience},
+		Audiences: audiences,
 		Namespace: "*",
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper_test.go b/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper_test.go
index 259126db7b9..e3ae4b7b3d4 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper_test.go
+++ b/apps/provisioning/pkg/auth/round_tripper_test.go
@@ -5,17 +5,22 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/provisioning/v0alpha1"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 type fakeExchanger struct {
-	resp *authn.TokenExchangeResponse
-	err  error
+	resp   *authn.TokenExchangeResponse
+	err    error
+	gotReq *authn.TokenExchangeRequest
 }
 
 func (f *fakeExchanger) Exchange(_ context.Context, req authn.TokenExchangeRequest) (*authn.TokenExchangeResponse, error) {
+	f.gotReq = &req
 	return f.resp, f.err
 }
 
@@ -61,3 +66,41 @@ func TestRoundTripper_PropagatesExchangeError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected error, got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRoundTripper_AudiencesAndNamespace(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		audience      string
+		wantAudiences []string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "adds group when custom audience",
+			audience:      "example-audience",
+			wantAudiences: []string{"example-audience", v0alpha1.GROUP},
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "no duplicate when group audience",
+			audience:      v0alpha1.GROUP,
+			wantAudiences: []string{v0alpha1.GROUP},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			fx := &fakeExchanger{resp: &authn.TokenExchangeResponse{Token: "abc123"}}
+			tr := NewRoundTripper(fx, roundTripperFunc(func(_ *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+				rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+				rr.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+				return rr.Result(), nil
+			}), tt.audience)
+
+			req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, "http://example", nil)
+			resp, err := tr.RoundTrip(req)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+			_ = resp.Body.Close()
+			require.NotNil(t, fx.gotReq)
+			require.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(fx.gotReq.Audiences, tt.wantAudiences))
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go b/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go
index 60447f80402..55d96577010 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
 
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 	authtypes "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 
+	provisioning "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/provisioning/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/storage/unified/resourcepb"
 )
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ func enforceManagerProperties(auth authtypes.AuthInfo, obj utils.GrafanaMetaAcce
 		return nil // not managed
 
 	case utils.ManagerKindRepo:
-		if auth.GetUID() == "access-policy:provisioning" {
+		if auth.GetUID() == "access-policy:provisioning" || slices.Contains(auth.GetAudience(), provisioning.GROUP) {
 			return nil // OK!
 		}
 		// This can fallback to writing the value with a provisioning client
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed_test.go b/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed_test.go
index 24c0b3522de..3af0048b14a 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/apistore/managed_test.go
@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3/jwt"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
+	authnlib "github.com/grafana/authlib/authn"
 	authtypes "github.com/grafana/authlib/types"
 	dashboard "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/dashboard/pkg/apis/dashboard/v1beta1"
+	provisioning "github.com/grafana/grafana/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/provisioning/v0alpha1"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/identity"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/apimachinery/utils"
+	serviceauthn "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/authn"
 )
 
 func TestManagedAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
@@ -112,6 +116,25 @@ func TestManagedAuthorizer(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "audience includes provisioning group",
+			auth: &serviceauthn.Identity{
+				Type: authtypes.TypeAccessPolicy,
+				UID:  "access-policy:random-uid",
+				AccessTokenClaims: &authnlib.Claims[authnlib.AccessTokenClaims]{
+					Claims: jwt.Claims{
+						Audience: []string{provisioning.GROUP},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			obj: &dashboard.Dashboard{
+				ObjectMeta: v1.ObjectMeta{
+					Annotations: map[string]string{
+						utils.AnnoKeyManagerKind: string(utils.ManagerKindRepo),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {