diff --git a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
index 27b46514d70..bbe79f9cdb3 100644
--- a/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/browse-dashboards/api/browseDashboardsAPI.ts
@@ -263,16 +263,27 @@ export const browseDashboardsAPI = createApi({
         // Move all the dashboards sequentially
         // TODO error handling here
         for (const dashboardUID of selectedDashboards) {
-          const fullDash: DashboardDTO = await getDashboardAPI().getDashboardDTO(dashboardUID);
+          if (config.featureToggles.useV2DashboardsAPI) {
+            const fullDash = await getDashboardAPI('v2').getDashboardDTO(dashboardUID);
 
-          await getDashboardAPI().saveDashboard({
-            dashboard: fullDash.dashboard,
-            folderUid: destinationUID,
-            overwrite: false,
-            message: '',
-          });
+            await getDashboardAPI('v2').saveDashboard({
+              dashboard: fullDash.spec,
+              folderUid: destinationUID,
+              overwrite: false,
+              message: '',
+              k8s: fullDash.metadata,
+            });
+          } else {
+            const fullDash: DashboardDTO = await getDashboardAPI().getDashboardDTO(dashboardUID);
+
+            await getDashboardAPI().saveDashboard({
+              dashboard: fullDash.dashboard,
+              folderUid: destinationUID,
+              overwrite: false,
+              message: '',
+            });
+          }
         }
-
         return { data: undefined };
       },
       onQueryStarted: ({ destinationUID, selectedItems }, { queryFulfilled, dispatch }) => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
index 3a283071091..ec4fa199386 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ export class K8sDashboardV2API
         } catch (e) {
           throw new Error('Failed to load folder');
         }
+      } else if (result.metadata.annotations && !result.metadata.annotations[AnnoKeyFolder]) {
+        // Set AnnoKeyFolder to empty string for top-level dashboards
+        // This ensures NestedFolderPicker correctly identifies it as being in the "Dashboard" root folder
+        // AnnoKeyFolder undefined -> top-level dashboard -> empty string
+        result.metadata.annotations[AnnoKeyFolder] = '';
       }
 
       // Depending on the ui components readiness, we might need to convert the response to v1
@@ -117,6 +122,8 @@ export class K8sDashboardV2API
     }
 
     if (obj.metadata.name) {
+      // remove resource version when updating
+      delete obj.metadata.resourceVersion;
       return this.client.update(obj).then((v) => this.asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v));
     }
     return await this.client.create(obj).then((v) => this.asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v));