diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts
index 1716fd59dd7..8cf02cefbfc 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/dashboard/datasource.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import {
   DataSourceInstanceSettings,
   TestDataSourceResponse,
   ScopedVar,
+  DataTopic,
+  PanelData,
+  DataFrame,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { SceneDataProvider, SceneDataTransformer, SceneObject } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import {
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ export class DashboardDatasource extends DataSourceApi<DashboardQuery> {
       return sourceDataProvider!.getResultsStream!().pipe(
         map((result) => {
           return {
-            data: [...result.data.series, ...(result.data.annotations ?? [])],
+            data: this.getDataFramesForQueryTopic(result.data, query),
             state: result.data.state,
             errors: result.data.errors,
             error: result.data.error,
@@ -90,6 +93,21 @@ export class DashboardDatasource extends DataSourceApi<DashboardQuery> {
     });
   }
 
+  private getDataFramesForQueryTopic(data: PanelData, query: DashboardQuery): DataFrame[] {
+    const annotations = data.annotations ?? [];
+    if (query.topic === DataTopic.Annotations) {
+      return annotations.map((frame) => ({
+        ...frame,
+        meta: {
+          ...frame.meta,
+          dataTopic: DataTopic.Series,
+        },
+      }));
+    } else {
+      return [...data.series, ...annotations];
+    }
+  }
+
   private findSourcePanel(scene: SceneObject, panelId: number) {
     return findVizPanelByKey(scene, getVizPanelKeyForPanelId(panelId));
   }