diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/__snapshots__/useContactPoints.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/__snapshots__/useContactPoints.test.tsx.snap
index dd84a65a6ae..ea4fc89ca90 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/__snapshots__/useContactPoints.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/__snapshots__/useContactPoints.test.tsx.snap
@@ -144,5 +144,6 @@ exports[`useContactPoints should return contact points with status 1`] = `
   ],
   "error": undefined,
   "isLoading": false,
+  "refetchReceivers": [Function],
 }
 `;
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPoints.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPoints.tsx
index 90557614f0e..d5b3a841ed6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPoints.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/contact-points/useContactPoints.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export function useContactPointsWithStatus() {
     error,
     isLoading,
     contactPoints,
+    refetchReceivers: fetchAlertmanagerConfiguration.refetch,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/AlertManagerRouting.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/AlertManagerRouting.tsx
index acd91ad4865..ad8151d4ebe 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/AlertManagerRouting.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/simplifiedRouting/AlertManagerRouting.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { css } from '@emotion/css';
+import { css, cx } from '@emotion/css';
 import React, { useState } from 'react';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
-import { Alert, CollapsableSection, LoadingPlaceholder, Stack, TextLink, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Alert, CollapsableSection, IconButton, LoadingPlaceholder, Stack, TextLink, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { AlertManagerDataSource } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/datasource';
 import { createUrl } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/url';
 
@@ -18,15 +18,32 @@ interface AlertManagerManualRoutingProps {
   alertManager: AlertManagerDataSource;
 }
 
+const LOADING_SPINNER_DURATION = 1000;
+
 export function AlertManagerManualRouting({ alertManager }: AlertManagerManualRoutingProps) {
   const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
 
   const alertManagerName = alertManager.name;
-  const { isLoading, error: errorInContactPointStatus, contactPoints } = useContactPointsWithStatus();
+  const { isLoading, error: errorInContactPointStatus, contactPoints, refetchReceivers } = useContactPointsWithStatus();
   const [selectedContactPointWithMetadata, setSelectedContactPointWithMetadata] = useState<
     ContactPointWithMetadata | undefined
   >();
 
+  // We need to provide a fake loading state for the contact points, because it might be that the response is so fast that the loading spinner is not shown,
+  // and the user might think that the contact points are not fetched.
+  // We will show the loading spinner for 1 second, and if the fetching takes more than 1 second, we will show the loading spinner until the fetching is done.
+
+  const [loadingContactPoints, setLoadingContactPoints] = useState(false);
+  // we need to keep track if the fetching takes more than 1 second, so we can show the loading spinner until the fetching is done
+  const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+
+  const onClickRefresh = () => {
+    setLoadingContactPoints(true);
+    Promise.all([refetchReceivers(), sleep(LOADING_SPINNER_DURATION)]).finally(() => {
+      setLoadingContactPoints(false);
+    });
+  };
+
   if (errorInContactPointStatus) {
     return <Alert title="Failed to fetch contact points" severity="error" />;
   }
@@ -51,6 +68,15 @@ export function AlertManagerManualRouting({ alertManager }: AlertManagerManualRo
           onSelectContactPoint={setSelectedContactPointWithMetadata}
         />
         <div className={styles.contactPointsInfo}>
+          <IconButton
+            name="sync"
+            onClick={onClickRefresh}
+            aria-label="Refresh contact points"
+            tooltip="Refresh contact points list"
+            className={cx(styles.refreshButton, {
+              [styles.loading]: loadingContactPoints,
+            })}
+          />
           <LinkToContactPoints />
         </div>
       </Stack>
@@ -123,4 +149,22 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
     gap: theme.spacing(1),
     marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
   }),
+  refreshButton: css({
+    color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
+    cursor: 'pointer',
+    borderRadius: theme.shape.radius.circle,
+    overflow: 'hidden',
+  }),
+  loading: css({
+    pointerEvents: 'none',
+    animation: 'rotation 2s infinite linear',
+    '@keyframes rotation': {
+      from: {
+        transform: 'rotate(720deg)',
+      },
+      to: {
+        transform: 'rotate(0deg)',
+      },
+    },
+  }),
 });