diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
index a2529dbcc47..3da1c24a2e3 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
@@ -1103,11 +1103,26 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) GetDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashbo
 			query.OrgID = requester.GetOrgID()
 		}
 
-		return dr.searchDashboardsThroughK8s(ctx, &dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery{
+		dashs, err := dr.searchDashboardsThroughK8s(ctx, &dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery{
 			DashboardIds:  query.DashboardIDs,
 			OrgId:         query.OrgID,
 			DashboardUIDs: query.DashboardUIDs,
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// search only returns the metadata, need to get the dashboard.Data too
+		results := make([]*dashboards.Dashboard, len(dashs))
+		for i, d := range dashs {
+			dash, err := dr.GetDashboard(ctx, &dashboards.GetDashboardQuery{OrgID: d.OrgID, UID: d.UID})
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			results[i] = dash
+		}
+
+		return results, nil
 	}
 
 	return dr.dashboardStore.GetDashboards(ctx, query)
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go
index 410c8542f36..d17610fb1eb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go
@@ -1431,14 +1431,32 @@ func TestGetDashboards(t *testing.T) {
 			Slug:  "dashboard-1",
 			OrgID: 1,
 			Title: "Dashboard 1",
+			Data:  simplejson.NewFromAny(map[string]any{"title": "Dashboard 1", "uid": "uid1"}),
 		},
 		{
 			UID:   "uid2",
 			Slug:  "dashboard-2",
 			OrgID: 1,
 			Title: "Dashboard 2",
+			Data:  simplejson.NewFromAny(map[string]any{"title": "Dashboard 2", "uid": "uid2"}),
 		},
 	}
+	uid1Unstructured := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+		"metadata": map[string]any{
+			"name": "uid1",
+		},
+		"spec": map[string]any{
+			"title": "Dashboard 1",
+		},
+	}}
+	uid2Unstructured := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+		"metadata": map[string]any{
+			"name": "uid2",
+		},
+		"spec": map[string]any{
+			"title": "Dashboard 2",
+		},
+	}}
 	queryByIDs := &dashboards.GetDashboardsQuery{
 		DashboardIDs: []int64{1, 2},
 		OrgID:        1,
@@ -1467,6 +1485,8 @@ func TestGetDashboards(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Should use Kubernetes client if feature flags are enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, k8sCliMock := setupK8sDashboardTests(service)
+		k8sCliMock.On("Get", mock.Anything, "uid1", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(uid1Unstructured, nil)
+		k8sCliMock.On("Get", mock.Anything, "uid2", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(uid2Unstructured, nil)
 		k8sCliMock.On("Search", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(&resource.ResourceSearchResponse{
 			Results: &resource.ResourceTable{
 				Columns: []*resource.ResourceTableColumnDefinition{