diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/compat.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/compat.go
index 29c38ec4007..ca9c86d2417 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/compat.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/compat.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/ngalert/models"
 )
 
-func EmbeddedContactPointToGrafanaIntegrationConfig(e definitions.EmbeddedContactPoint) (alertingModels.IntegrationConfig, error) {
+func EmbeddedContactPointToGrafanaIntegrationConfig(e *definitions.EmbeddedContactPoint) (alertingModels.IntegrationConfig, error) {
 	data, err := e.Settings.MarshalJSON()
 	if err != nil {
 		return alertingModels.IntegrationConfig{}, err
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints.go
index f7d49da1c79..d25aa4e959f 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func (ecp *ContactPointService) CreateContactPoint(
 	contactPoint apimodels.EmbeddedContactPoint,
 	provenance models.Provenance,
 ) (apimodels.EmbeddedContactPoint, error) {
-	if err := ValidateContactPoint(ctx, contactPoint, ecp.encryptionService.GetDecryptedValue); err != nil {
+	if err := ValidateContactPoint(ctx, &contactPoint, ecp.encryptionService.GetDecryptedValue); err != nil {
 		return apimodels.EmbeddedContactPoint{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrValidation, err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -243,14 +243,20 @@ func (ecp *ContactPointService) UpdateContactPoint(ctx context.Context, orgID in
 	if contactPoint.Settings == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrValidation, "settings should not be empty")
 	}
+	iType, err := alertingNotify.IntegrationTypeFromString(contactPoint.Type)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrValidation, err.Error())
+	}
+	typeSchema, ok := alertingNotify.GetSchemaVersionForIntegration(iType, schema.V1)
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to get secret keys for contact point type %s", ErrValidation, contactPoint.Type)
+	}
+
+	// patch integration with the secrets from the existing version
 	rawContactPoint, err := ecp.getContactPointDecrypted(ctx, orgID, contactPoint.UID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	typeSchema, ok := alertingNotify.GetSchemaVersionForIntegration(schema.IntegrationType(contactPoint.Type), schema.V1)
-	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to get secret keys for contact point type %s", ErrValidation, contactPoint.Type)
-	}
 	for _, secretPath := range typeSchema.GetSecretFieldsPaths() {
 		secretKey := secretPath.String()
 		secretValue := contactPoint.Settings.Get(secretKey).MustString()
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ func (ecp *ContactPointService) UpdateContactPoint(ctx context.Context, orgID in
 	}
 
 	// validate merged values
-	if err := ValidateContactPoint(ctx, contactPoint, ecp.encryptionService.GetDecryptedValue); err != nil {
+	if err := ValidateContactPoint(ctx, &contactPoint, ecp.encryptionService.GetDecryptedValue); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", ErrValidation, err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -512,7 +518,12 @@ groupLoop:
 	return oldReceiverName, fullRemoval, newReceiverCreated
 }
 
-func ValidateContactPoint(ctx context.Context, e apimodels.EmbeddedContactPoint, decryptFunc alertingNotify.GetDecryptedValueFn) error {
+func ValidateContactPoint(ctx context.Context, e *apimodels.EmbeddedContactPoint, decryptFunc alertingNotify.GetDecryptedValueFn) error {
+	iType, err := alertingNotify.IntegrationTypeFromString(e.Type)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	e.Type = string(iType)
 	integration, err := EmbeddedContactPointToGrafanaIntegrationConfig(e)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints_test.go
index 5d5a3b44cba..34535c1a504 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/provisioning/contactpoints_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/notify"
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/notifytest"
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/receivers/schema"
+	"github.com/grafana/alerting/receivers/slack"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/config"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -146,6 +147,21 @@ func TestIntegrationContactPointService(t *testing.T) {
 		require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrValidation)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("create accepts contact point with type in different cases", func(t *testing.T) {
+		sut := createContactPointServiceSut(t, secretsService)
+		newCp := createTestContactPoint()
+		newCp.Type = "Slack"
+
+		created, err := sut.CreateContactPoint(context.Background(), 1, redactedUser, newCp, models.ProvenanceAPI)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, slack.Type, created.Type)
+
+		got, err := sut.GetContactPoints(context.Background(), cpsQueryWithName(1, newCp.Name), redactedUser)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, got, 1)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, slack.Type, got[0].Type)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("update rejects contact points with no settings", func(t *testing.T) {
 		sut := createContactPointServiceSut(t, secretsService)
 		newCp := createTestContactPoint()
@@ -182,6 +198,22 @@ func TestIntegrationContactPointService(t *testing.T) {
 		require.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrValidation)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("update accepts contact points with type in another case", func(t *testing.T) {
+		sut := createContactPointServiceSut(t, secretsService)
+		newCp := createTestContactPoint()
+		newCp, err := sut.CreateContactPoint(context.Background(), 1, redactedUser, newCp, models.ProvenanceAPI)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		newCp.Type = "Slack"
+
+		err = sut.UpdateContactPoint(context.Background(), 1, newCp, models.ProvenanceAPI)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		got, err := sut.GetContactPoints(context.Background(), cpsQueryWithName(1, newCp.Name), redactedUser)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, got, 1)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, slack.Type, got[0].Type)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("update renames references when group is renamed", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cfg := createEncryptedConfig(t, secretsService)
 		store := fakes.NewFakeAlertmanagerConfigStore(cfg)
diff --git a/pkg/services/provisioning/alerting/contact_point_types.go b/pkg/services/provisioning/alerting/contact_point_types.go
index 391c9ff1fc2..155ecde3cc0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/provisioning/alerting/contact_point_types.go
+++ b/pkg/services/provisioning/alerting/contact_point_types.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (config *ReceiverV1) mapToModel(name string) (definitions.EmbeddedContactPo
 	}
 	// As the values are not encrypted when coming from disk files,
 	// we can simply return the fallback for validation.
-	err := provisioning.ValidateContactPoint(context.Background(), cp, func(_ context.Context, _ map[string][]byte, _, fallback string) string {
+	err := provisioning.ValidateContactPoint(context.Background(), &cp, func(_ context.Context, _ map[string][]byte, _, fallback string) string {
 		return fallback
 	})
 	if err != nil {