diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts
index 2af5503674f..317b5f1ddd7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/client.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   K8sAPIGroupList,
   AnnoKeySavedFromUI,
   ResourceEvent,
+  ResourceClientWriteParams,
   GroupVersionResource,
 } from './types';
 
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ export class ScopedResourceClient<T = object, S = object, K = string> implements
       );
   }
 
-  public async subresource<S>(name: string, path: string): Promise<S> {
-    return getBackendSrv().get<S>(`${this.url}/${name}/${path}`);
+  public async subresource<S>(name: string, path: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<S> {
+    return getBackendSrv().get<S>(`${this.url}/${name}/${path}`, params);
   }
 
   public async list(opts?: ListOptions | undefined): Promise<ResourceList<T, S, K>> {
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export class ScopedResourceClient<T = object, S = object, K = string> implements
     return getBackendSrv().get<ResourceList<T, S, K>>(this.url, opts);
   }
 
-  public async create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>> {
+  public async create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>, params?: ResourceClientWriteParams): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>> {
     if (!obj.metadata.name && !obj.metadata.generateName) {
       const login = contextSrv.user.login;
       // GenerateName lets the apiserver create a new uid for the name
@@ -117,12 +118,17 @@ export class ScopedResourceClient<T = object, S = object, K = string> implements
       obj.metadata.generateName = login ? login.slice(0, 2) : 'g';
     }
     setSavedFromUIAnnotation(obj.metadata);
-    return getBackendSrv().post(this.url, obj);
+    return getBackendSrv().post(this.url, obj, {
+      params,
+    });
   }
 
-  public async update(obj: Resource<T, S, K>): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>> {
+  public async update(obj: Resource<T, S, K>, params?: ResourceClientWriteParams): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>> {
     setSavedFromUIAnnotation(obj.metadata);
-    return getBackendSrv().put<Resource<T, S, K>>(`${this.url}/${obj.metadata.name}`, obj);
+    const url = `${this.url}/${obj.metadata.name}`;
+    return getBackendSrv().put<Resource<T, S, K>>(url, obj, {
+      params,
+    });
   }
 
   public async delete(name: string, showSuccessAlert: boolean): Promise<MetaStatus> {
diff --git a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
index 631f56f505c..72bbbc052d1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/apiserver/types.ts
@@ -232,14 +232,19 @@ export interface ResourceEvent<T = object, S = object, K = string> {
   object: Resource<T, S, K>;
 }
 
+export type ResourceClientWriteParams = {
+  dryRun?: 'All';
+  fieldValidation?: 'Ignore' | 'Warn' | 'Strict';
+};
+
 export interface ResourceClient<T = object, S = object, K = string> {
-  create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>>;
   get(name: string): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>>;
-  watch(opts?: WatchOptions): Observable<ResourceEvent<T, S, K>>;
-  subresource<S>(name: string, path: string): Promise<S>;
-  list(opts?: ListOptions): Promise<ResourceList<T, S, K>>;
-  update(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>>;
+  create(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>, params?: ResourceClientWriteParams): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>>;
+  update(obj: ResourceForCreate<T, K>, params?: ResourceClientWriteParams): Promise<Resource<T, S, K>>;
   delete(name: string, showSuccessAlert?: boolean): Promise<MetaStatus>;
+  list(opts?: ListOptions): Promise<ResourceList<T, S, K>>;
+  subresource<S>(name: string, path: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<S>;
+  watch(opts?: WatchOptions): Observable<ResourceEvent<T, S, K>>;
 }
 
 export interface K8sAPIGroup {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
index 6cd98ab3e67..62599ccb100 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v1.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,13 @@ export class K8sDashboardAPI implements DashboardAPI<DashboardDTO, Dashboard> {
       };
     }
 
+    // for v1 in g12, we will ignore the schema version validation from all default clients,
+    // as we implement the necessary backend conversions, we will drop this query param
     if (dashboard.uid) {
       obj.metadata.name = dashboard.uid;
-      return this.client.update(obj).then((v) => this.asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v));
+      return this.client.update(obj, { fieldValidation: 'Ignore' }).then((v) => this.asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v));
     }
-    return this.client.create(obj).then((v) => this.asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v));
+    return this.client.create(obj, { fieldValidation: 'Ignore' }).then((v) => this.asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v));
   }
 
   asSaveDashboardResponseDTO(v: Resource<DashboardDataDTO>): SaveDashboardResponseDTO {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts
index 9c2ca0470c8..1c6be876e9a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/api/v2.test.ts
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ describe('v2 dashboard API', () => {
             ...defaultSaveCommand.dashboard,
             title: 'chaing-title-dashboard',
           },
-        }
+        },
+        { params: undefined }
       );
     });
   });