diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
index 2a6d6abece9..29433b0bb56 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardScene.tsx
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ export class DashboardScene extends SceneObjectBase<DashboardSceneState> impleme
     const { meta } = this.state;
     const spec = this.getSaveAsModel(options);
 
-    const apiVersion = this.serializer instanceof V2DashboardSerializer ? 'v2alpha1' : 'v1alpha1'; // get from the dashboard?
+    const apiVersion = this.serializer instanceof V2DashboardSerializer ? 'v2alpha1' : 'v1beta1'; // get from the dashboard?
     return {
       apiVersion: `dashboard.grafana.app/${apiVersion}`,
       kind: 'Dashboard',