diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard.go b/pkg/api/dashboard.go
index 44604d5a693..532e79c766c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func dashboardGuardianResponse(err error) response.Response {
 // 401: unauthorisedError
 // 403: forbiddenError
 // 404: notFoundError
+// 406: notAcceptableError
 // 500: internalServerError
 //
 //nolint:gocyclo
@@ -99,14 +100,10 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) GetDashboard(c *contextmodel.ReqContext) response.Response
 		return rsp
 	}
 
-	// V2 values should be read from the k8s API
+	// v2 is not supported in /api
 	if strings.HasPrefix(dash.APIVersion, "v2") {
-		root := hs.Cfg.AppSubURL
-		if !strings.HasSuffix(root, "/") {
-			root += "/"
-		}
-		url := fmt.Sprintf("%sapis/dashboard.grafana.app/%s/namespaces/%s/dashboards/%s", root, dash.APIVersion, hs.namespacer(c.OrgID), dash.UID)
-		return response.Redirect(url)
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/%s/namespaces/%s/dashboards/%s", dash.APIVersion, hs.namespacer(c.SignedInUser.GetOrgID()), dash.UID)
+		return response.Error(http.StatusNotAcceptable, "dashboard api version not supported, use "+url+" instead", nil)
 	}
 
 	var (
diff --git a/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go b/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go
index e1039a1a3e5..3ed18a073e8 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dashboard_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -694,6 +695,46 @@ func TestDashboardAPIEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, false, dash.Meta.Provisioned)
 		}, mockSQLStore)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("v2 dashboards should not be returned in api", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mockSQLStore := dbtest.NewFakeDB()
+		dashboardService := dashboards.NewFakeDashboardService(t)
+
+		dataValue, err := simplejson.NewJson([]byte(`{"id": 1, "apiVersion": "v2"}`))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		qResult := &dashboards.Dashboard{
+			ID:         1,
+			UID:        "dash",
+			OrgID:      1,
+			APIVersion: "v2",
+			Data:       dataValue,
+		}
+		dashboardService.On("GetDashboard", mock.Anything, mock.AnythingOfType("*dashboards.GetDashboardQuery")).Return(qResult, nil)
+		guardian.MockDashboardGuardian(&guardian.FakeDashboardGuardian{CanViewValue: true})
+
+		loggedInUserScenarioWithRole(t, "When calling GET on", "GET", "/api/dashboards/uid/dash", "/api/dashboards/uid/:uid", org.RoleEditor, func(sc *scenarioContext) {
+			hs := &HTTPServer{
+				Cfg:                          setting.NewCfg(),
+				LibraryPanelService:          &mockLibraryPanelService{},
+				LibraryElementService:        &libraryelementsfake.LibraryElementService{},
+				SQLStore:                     mockSQLStore,
+				AccessControl:                accesscontrolmock.New(),
+				DashboardService:             dashboardService,
+				Features:                     featuremgmt.WithFeatures(),
+				starService:                  startest.NewStarServiceFake(),
+				tracer:                       tracing.InitializeTracerForTest(),
+				dashboardProvisioningService: mockDashboardProvisioningService{},
+				folderService:                foldertest.NewFakeService(),
+				log:                          log.New("test"),
+				namespacer:                   func(orgID int64) string { return strconv.FormatInt(orgID, 10) },
+			}
+			hs.callGetDashboard(sc)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusNotAcceptable, sc.resp.Code)
+			result := sc.ToJSON()
+			assert.Equal(t, "dashboard api version not supported, use /apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v2/namespaces/1/dashboards/dash instead", result.Get("message").MustString())
+		}, mockSQLStore)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestDashboardVersionsAPIEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/swagger_responses.go b/pkg/api/swagger_responses.go
index 4b529ca4112..2e41234cf10 100644
--- a/pkg/api/swagger_responses.go
+++ b/pkg/api/swagger_responses.go
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ type NotFoundError GenericError
 // swagger:response badRequestError
 type BadRequestError GenericError
 
+// NotAcceptableError is returned when the server cannot produce a response matching the accepted formats.
+//
+// swagger:response notAcceptableError
+type NotAcceptableError GenericError
+
 // ConflictError
 //
 // swagger:response conflictError
diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/dashboard/dashboards_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/dashboard/dashboards_test.go
index 317945da7f3..acc43f31aef 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/dashboard/dashboards_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/dashboard/dashboards_test.go
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ func TestIntegrationLegacySupport(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 200, rsp.Response.StatusCode)
 	require.Equal(t, "v1alpha1", rsp.Result.Meta.APIVersion)
 
-	// V2 should send a redirect
+	// V2 should send a not acceptable
 	rsp = apis.DoRequest(helper, apis.RequestParams{
 		User: helper.Org1.Admin,
 		Path: "/api/dashboards/uid/test-v2",
 	}, &dtos.DashboardFullWithMeta{})
-	require.Equal(t, 302, rsp.Response.StatusCode) // redirect
+	require.Equal(t, 406, rsp.Response.StatusCode) // not acceptable
 }
diff --git a/public/api-merged.json b/public/api-merged.json
index 4f216cfbc95..130059510ae 100644
--- a/public/api-merged.json
+++ b/public/api-merged.json
@@ -3356,6 +3356,9 @@
           "404": {
             "$ref": "#/responses/notFoundError"
           },
+          "406": {
+            "$ref": "#/responses/notAcceptableError"
+          },
           "500": {
             "$ref": "#/responses/internalServerError"
           }
@@ -24440,6 +24443,12 @@
         "type": "object"
       }
     },
+    "notAcceptableError": {
+      "description": "NotAcceptableError is returned when the server cannot produce a response matching the accepted formats.",
+      "schema": {
+        "$ref": "#/definitions/ErrorResponseBody"
+      }
+    },
     "notFoundError": {
       "description": "NotFoundError is returned when the requested resource was not found.",
       "schema": {
diff --git a/public/openapi3.json b/public/openapi3.json
index 5f3d84d0826..d791ee2bb10 100644
--- a/public/openapi3.json
+++ b/public/openapi3.json
@@ -1641,6 +1641,16 @@
         },
         "description": "(empty)"
       },
+      "notAcceptableError": {
+        "content": {
+          "application/json": {
+            "schema": {
+              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponseBody"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "description": "NotAcceptableError is returned when the server cannot produce a response matching the accepted formats."
+      },
       "notFoundError": {
         "content": {
           "application/json": {
@@ -16997,6 +17007,9 @@
           "404": {
             "$ref": "#/components/responses/notFoundError"
           },
+          "406": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/responses/notAcceptableError"
+          },
           "500": {
             "$ref": "#/components/responses/internalServerError"
           }