diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b447bf2a625..f847f4fc32e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/googleapis/go-sql-spanner v1.11.1 // @grafana/grafana-search-and-storage
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 // @grafana/grafana-backend-group
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 // @grafana/grafana-app-platform-squad
-	github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250508220812-83b6de6b0a35 // @grafana/alerting-backend
+	github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250513184957-2484dbaf55cf // @grafana/alerting-backend
 	github.com/grafana/authlib v0.0.0-20250515162837-2f4a8263eabb // @grafana/identity-access-team
 	github.com/grafana/authlib/types v0.0.0-20250325095148-d6da9c164a7d // @grafana/identity-access-team
 	github.com/grafana/dataplane/examples v0.0.1 // @grafana/observability-metrics
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1c6a6914385..d0d08245d99 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1569,8 +1569,8 @@ github.com/gorilla/sessions v1.2.1 h1:DHd3rPN5lE3Ts3D8rKkQ8x/0kqfeNmBAaiSi+o7Fsg
 github.com/gorilla/sessions v1.2.1/go.mod h1:dk2InVEVJ0sfLlnXv9EAgkf6ecYs/i80K/zI+bUmuGM=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674 h1:JeSE6pjso5THxAzdVpqr6/geYxZytqFMBCOtn/ujyeo=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674/go.mod h1:r4w70xmWCQKmi1ONH4KIaBptdivuRPyosB9RmPlGEwA=
-github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250508220812-83b6de6b0a35 h1:/FvrKg5ZtJ09oWOt91lIPpeWtWGcNqXv/9UOQaRDyQE=
-github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250508220812-83b6de6b0a35/go.mod h1:pMfhRxL2LZ3Pm8iy7VcVsb9CLYuBtjFYbf1oxgx7yFA=
+github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250513184957-2484dbaf55cf h1:cbwO+P4La7EnDY1gdzFxsAf9u8ygM/7Laimuh7lYrNo=
+github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250513184957-2484dbaf55cf/go.mod h1:pMfhRxL2LZ3Pm8iy7VcVsb9CLYuBtjFYbf1oxgx7yFA=
 github.com/grafana/authlib v0.0.0-20250515162837-2f4a8263eabb h1:oTl2j6/4miQUYmXANp2pBuYCWA5f8NVYFfCWpczpFso=
 github.com/grafana/authlib v0.0.0-20250515162837-2f4a8263eabb/go.mod h1:PBtQaXwkFu4BAt2aXsR7w8p8NVpdjV5aJYhqRDei9Us=
 github.com/grafana/authlib/types v0.0.0-20250325095148-d6da9c164a7d h1:34E6btDAhdDOiSEyrMaYaHwnJpM8w9QKzVQZIBzLNmM=
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images.go
index d25b20bce80..40411584e3a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func (t tokenStore) GetImage(ctx context.Context, token string) (*alertingImages
 	}
 
 	return &alertingImages.Image{
+		ID:  token,
 		URL: image.URL,
 		RawData: func(_ context.Context) (alertingImages.ImageContent, error) {
 			if image.Path == "" {
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images_test.go
index 85ed780cb3b..bf39ebefe32 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/images_test.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ func TestGetImage(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Nil(tt, image)
 				return
 			}
+			require.Equal(tt, test.token, image.ID)
 			require.Equal(tt, test.expImage.URL, image.URL)
 			if test.expImageContent != nil {
 				ic, err := image.RawData(context.Background())
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func TestGetImage(t *testing.T) {
 
 func generateTestFile(t *testing.T, b []byte) string {
 	t.Helper()
-	f, err := os.CreateTemp("/tmp", "image")
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "image")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func(f *os.File) {
 		_ = f.Close()