diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardAsForm.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardAsForm.tsx
index e21fbeb4e8f..96e52c2346a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardAsForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardAsForm.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export function SaveDashboardAsForm({ dashboard, changeInfo }: Props) {
     const result = await onSaveDashboard(dashboard, {
       overwrite,
       folderUid: data.folder.uid,
+      rawDashboardJSON: changedSaveModel,
 
       // save as config
       saveAsCopy: true,
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardForm.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardForm.tsx
index ac621a91baf..7f77aac7f1b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/SaveDashboardForm.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface Props {
 }
 
 export function SaveDashboardForm({ dashboard, drawer, changeInfo }: Props) {
-  const { hasChanges } = changeInfo;
+  const { hasChanges, changedSaveModel } = changeInfo;
 
   const { state, onSaveDashboard } = useSaveDashboard(false);
   const [options, setOptions] = useState<SaveDashboardOptions>({
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function SaveDashboardForm({ dashboard, drawer, changeInfo }: Props) {
   });
 
   const onSave = async (overwrite: boolean) => {
-    const result = await onSaveDashboard(dashboard, { ...options, overwrite });
+    const result = await onSaveDashboard(dashboard, { ...options, rawDashboardJSON: changedSaveModel, overwrite });
     if (result.status === 'success') {
       dashboard.closeModal();
       drawer.state.onSaveSuccess?.();
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/useSaveDashboard.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/useSaveDashboard.ts
index a5d8352683e..93056eb6f8f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/useSaveDashboard.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/saving/useSaveDashboard.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useAsyncFn } from 'react-use';
 import { locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
 import { locationService, reportInteraction } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { Dashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { DashboardV2Spec } from '@grafana/schema/dist/esm/schema/dashboard/v2alpha0';
 import appEvents from 'app/core/app_events';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { updateDashboardName } from 'app/core/reducers/navBarTree';
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export function useSaveDashboard(isCopy = false) {
       options: SaveDashboardOptions &
         SaveDashboardAsOptions & {
           // When provided, will take precedence over the scene's save model
-          rawDashboardJSON?: Dashboard;
+          rawDashboardJSON?: Dashboard | DashboardV2Spec;
         }
     ) => {
       {