diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/discord_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/discord_test.go
index b14be659713..939189b8d36 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/discord_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/discord_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
 func TestDiscordNotifier(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func TestDiscordNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 					"color": 1.4037554e+07,
 					"footer": map[string]interface{}{
 						"icon_url": "https://grafana.com/assets/img/fav32.png",
-						"text":     "Grafana v",
+						"text":     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
 					},
 					"title": "[FIRING:1]  (val1)",
 					"url":   "http://localhost/alerting/list",
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func TestDiscordNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 					"color": 1.4037554e+07,
 					"footer": map[string]interface{}{
 						"icon_url": "https://grafana.com/assets/img/fav32.png",
-						"text":     "Grafana v",
+						"text":     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
 					},
 					"title": "[FIRING:2]  ",
 					"url":   "http://localhost/alerting/list",
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func TestDiscordNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 					"color": 1.4037554e+07,
 					"footer": map[string]interface{}{
 						"icon_url": "https://grafana.com/assets/img/fav32.png",
-						"text":     "Grafana v",
+						"text":     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
 					},
 					"title": "[FIRING:1]  (val1)",
 					"url":   "http://localhost/alerting/list",
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go
index ba5db25a47a..ce6eef5bba8 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/slack_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/secrets/fakes"
 	secretsManager "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/secrets/manager"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/notify"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/types"
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func TestSlackNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 						Text:       "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\nDashboard: http://localhost/d/abcd\nPanel: http://localhost/d/abcd?viewPanel=efgh\n",
 						Fallback:   "[FIRING:1]  (val1)",
 						Fields:     nil,
-						Footer:     "Grafana v",
+						Footer:     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
 						FooterIcon: "https://grafana.com/assets/img/fav32.png",
 						Color:      "#D63232",
 						Ts:         0,
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func TestSlackNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 						Text:       "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\n",
 						Fallback:   "[FIRING:1]  (val1)",
 						Fields:     nil,
-						Footer:     "Grafana v",
+						Footer:     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
 						FooterIcon: "https://grafana.com/assets/img/fav32.png",
 						Color:      "#D63232",
 						Ts:         0,
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ func TestSlackNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 						Text:       "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val2\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv2\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval2\n",
 						Fallback:   "2 firing, 0 resolved",
 						Fields:     nil,
-						Footer:     "Grafana v",
+						Footer:     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
 						FooterIcon: "https://grafana.com/assets/img/fav32.png",
 						Color:      "#D63232",
 						Ts:         0,
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/victorops_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/victorops_test.go
index e9f94d59bec..ca1b556cc25 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/victorops_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/notifier/channels/victorops_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package channels
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"net/url"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
 func TestVictoropsNotifier(t *testing.T) {
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ func TestVictoropsNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 		name         string
 		settings     string
 		alerts       []*types.Alert
-		expMsg       string
+		expMsg       map[string]interface{}
 		expInitError string
 		expMsgError  error
 	}{
@@ -41,14 +43,14 @@ func TestVictoropsNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expMsg: `{
-			  "alert_url": "http://localhost/alerting/list",
-			  "entity_display_name": "[FIRING:1]  (val1)",
-			  "entity_id": "6e3538104c14b583da237e9693b76debbc17f0f8058ef20492e5853096cf8733",
-			  "message_type": "CRITICAL",
-			  "monitoring_tool": "Grafana v",
-			  "state_message": "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\nDashboard: http://localhost/d/abcd\nPanel: http://localhost/d/abcd?viewPanel=efgh\n"
-			}`,
+			expMsg: map[string]interface{}{
+				"alert_url":           "http://localhost/alerting/list",
+				"entity_display_name": "[FIRING:1]  (val1)",
+				"entity_id":           "6e3538104c14b583da237e9693b76debbc17f0f8058ef20492e5853096cf8733",
+				"message_type":        "CRITICAL",
+				"monitoring_tool":     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
+				"state_message":       "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\nDashboard: http://localhost/d/abcd\nPanel: http://localhost/d/abcd?viewPanel=efgh\n",
+			},
 			expMsgError: nil,
 		}, {
 			name:     "Multiple alerts",
@@ -66,14 +68,14 @@ func TestVictoropsNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			expMsg: `{
-			  "alert_url": "http://localhost/alerting/list",
-			  "entity_display_name": "[FIRING:2]  ",
-			  "entity_id": "6e3538104c14b583da237e9693b76debbc17f0f8058ef20492e5853096cf8733",
-			  "message_type": "CRITICAL",
-			  "monitoring_tool": "Grafana v",
-			  "state_message": "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val2\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv2\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval2\n"
-			}`,
+			expMsg: map[string]interface{}{
+				"alert_url":           "http://localhost/alerting/list",
+				"entity_display_name": "[FIRING:2]  ",
+				"entity_id":           "6e3538104c14b583da237e9693b76debbc17f0f8058ef20492e5853096cf8733",
+				"message_type":        "CRITICAL",
+				"monitoring_tool":     "Grafana v" + setting.BuildVersion,
+				"state_message":       "**Firing**\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val1\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv1\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval1\n\nValue: [no value]\nLabels:\n - alertname = alert1\n - lbl1 = val2\nAnnotations:\n - ann1 = annv2\nSilence: http://localhost/alerting/silence/new?alertmanager=grafana&matchers=alertname%3Dalert1%2Clbl1%3Dval2\n",
+			},
 			expMsgError: nil,
 		}, {
 			name:         "Error in initing, no URL",
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@ func TestVictoropsNotifier(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			body = string(b)
 
-			require.JSONEq(t, c.expMsg, body)
+			expJson, err := json.Marshal(c.expMsg)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.JSONEq(t, string(expJson), body)
 		})
 	}
 }