diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/CHANGELOG.md b/pkg/services/ngalert/CHANGELOG.md
index 8197429c493..8ebb7c857fc 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Scopes must have an order to ensure consistency and ease of search, this helps u
   - `grafana_alerting_ticker_next_tick_timestamp_seconds`
   - `grafana_alerting_ticker_interval_seconds`
 - [ENHANCEMENT] Create folder 'General Alerting' when Grafana starts from the scratch #48866
+- [ENHANCEMENT] Rule changes authorization logic to use UID folder scope instead of ID scope #48970
 - [FEATURE] Indicate whether routes are provisioned when GETting Alertmanager configuration #47857
 - [FEATURE] Indicate whether contact point is provisioned when GETting Alertmanager configuration #48323
 - [FEATURE] Indicate whether alert rule is provisioned when GETting the rule #48458
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization.go
index eafff85133d..09b4f57a395 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/expr"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware"
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ func authorizeRuleChanges(namespace *models.Folder, change *changes, evaluator f
 		Delete: change.Delete,
 	}
 
-	namespaceScope := dashboards.ScopeFoldersProvider.GetResourceScope(strconv.FormatInt(namespace.Id, 10))
+	namespaceScope := dashboards.ScopeFoldersProvider.GetResourceScopeUID(namespace.Uid)
 	if len(change.Delete) > 0 {
 		var allowedToDelete []*ngmodels.AlertRule
 		for _, rule := range change.Delete {
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization_test.go
index bc6c14072a1..c6cc0ab1262 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/authorization_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-openapi/loads"
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ func TestAuthorize(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAuthorizeRuleChanges(t *testing.T) {
 	namespace := randFolder()
-	namespaceIdScope := dashboards.ScopeFoldersProvider.GetResourceScope(strconv.FormatInt(namespace.Id, 10))
+	namespaceIdScope := dashboards.ScopeFoldersProvider.GetResourceScopeUID(namespace.Uid)
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name        string
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ func TestAuthorizeRuleChanges(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAuthorizeRuleDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	namespace := randFolder()
-	namespaceIdScope := dashboards.ScopeFoldersProvider.GetResourceScope(strconv.FormatInt(namespace.Id, 10))
+	namespaceScope := dashboards.ScopeFoldersProvider.GetResourceScopeUID(namespace.Uid)
 
 	getScopes := func(rules []*models.AlertRule) []string {
 		var scopes []string
@@ -245,7 +244,7 @@ func TestAuthorizeRuleDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			permissions: func(c *changes) map[string][]string {
 				return map[string][]string{
 					ac.ActionAlertingRuleDelete: {
-						namespaceIdScope,
+						namespaceScope,
 					},
 					datasources.ActionQuery: getScopes(c.Delete),
 				}
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ func TestAuthorizeRuleDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			permissions: func(c *changes) map[string][]string {
 				return map[string][]string{
 					ac.ActionAlertingRuleDelete: {
-						namespaceIdScope,
+						namespaceScope,
 					},
 					datasources.ActionQuery: {
 						getScopes(c.Delete[:1])[0],
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ func TestAuthorizeRuleDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			permissions: func(c *changes) map[string][]string {
 				return map[string][]string{
 					ac.ActionAlertingRuleDelete: {
-						namespaceIdScope,
+						namespaceScope,
 					},
 				}
 			},
@@ -313,10 +312,10 @@ func TestAuthorizeRuleDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			permissions: func(c *changes) map[string][]string {
 				return map[string][]string{
 					ac.ActionAlertingRuleDelete: {
-						namespaceIdScope,
+						namespaceScope,
 					},
 					ac.ActionAlertingRuleCreate: {
-						namespaceIdScope,
+						namespaceScope,
 					},
 					datasources.ActionQuery: getScopes(c.New),
 				}