diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/database/database.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/database/database.go
index 523bf2918b0..17b9d752c5e 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/database/database.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/database/database.go
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) GetDashboardsByPluginID(ctx context.Context, query *das
 	}
 	return dashboards, nil
 }
+
 func (d *dashboardStore) GetSoftDeletedDashboard(ctx context.Context, orgID int64, uid string) (*dashboards.Dashboard, error) {
 	if orgID == 0 || uid == "" {
 		return nil, dashboards.ErrDashboardIdentifierNotSet
@@ -736,7 +737,7 @@ func createEntityEvent(dashboard *dashboards.Dashboard, eventType store.EntityEv
 
 func (d *dashboardStore) GetDashboard(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.GetDashboardQuery) (*dashboards.Dashboard, error) {
 	var queryResult *dashboards.Dashboard
-	err := d.store.DB().WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *db.Session) error {
+	err := d.store.ReadReplica().WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *db.Session) error {
 		metrics.MFolderIDsServiceCount.WithLabelValues(metrics.Dashboard).Inc()
 		// nolint:staticcheck
 		if query.ID == 0 && len(query.UID) == 0 && (query.Title == nil || (query.FolderID == nil && query.FolderUID == nil)) {
@@ -796,7 +797,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) GetDashboardUIDByID(ctx context.Context, query *dashboa
 
 func (d *dashboardStore) GetDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.GetDashboardsQuery) ([]*dashboards.Dashboard, error) {
 	var dashboards = make([]*dashboards.Dashboard, 0)
-	err := d.store.DB().WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *db.Session) error {
+	err := d.store.ReadReplica().WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *db.Session) error {
 		if len(query.DashboardIDs) == 0 && len(query.DashboardUIDs) == 0 {
 			return star.ErrCommandValidationFailed
 		}
@@ -823,7 +824,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) GetDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.Ge
 }
 
 func (d *dashboardStore) FindDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery) ([]dashboards.DashboardSearchProjection, error) {
-	recursiveQueriesAreSupported, err := d.store.DB().RecursiveQueriesAreSupported()
+	recursiveQueriesAreSupported, err := d.store.ReadReplica().RecursiveQueriesAreSupported()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -856,11 +857,11 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) FindDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.F
 	}
 
 	if len(query.Title) > 0 {
-		filters = append(filters, searchstore.TitleFilter{Dialect: d.store.DB().GetDialect(), Title: query.Title})
+		filters = append(filters, searchstore.TitleFilter{Dialect: d.store.ReadReplica().GetDialect(), Title: query.Title})
 	}
 
 	if len(query.Type) > 0 {
-		filters = append(filters, searchstore.TypeFilter{Dialect: d.store.DB().GetDialect(), Type: query.Type})
+		filters = append(filters, searchstore.TypeFilter{Dialect: d.store.ReadReplica().GetDialect(), Type: query.Type})
 	}
 	metrics.MFolderIDsServiceCount.WithLabelValues(metrics.Dashboard).Inc()
 	// nolint:staticcheck
@@ -870,7 +871,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) FindDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.F
 
 	if len(query.FolderUIDs) > 0 {
 		filters = append(filters, searchstore.FolderUIDFilter{
-			Dialect:              d.store.DB().GetDialect(),
+			Dialect:              d.store.ReadReplica().GetDialect(),
 			OrgID:                orgID,
 			UIDs:                 query.FolderUIDs,
 			NestedFoldersEnabled: d.features.IsEnabled(ctx, featuremgmt.FlagNestedFolders),
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) FindDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.F
 	filters = append(filters, searchstore.DeletedFilter{Deleted: query.IsDeleted})
 
 	var res []dashboards.DashboardSearchProjection
-	sb := &searchstore.Builder{Dialect: d.store.DB().GetDialect(), Filters: filters, Features: d.features}
+	sb := &searchstore.Builder{Dialect: d.store.ReadReplica().GetDialect(), Filters: filters, Features: d.features}
 
 	limit := query.Limit
 	if limit < 1 {
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) FindDashboards(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.F
 
 	sql, params := sb.ToSQL(limit, page)
 
-	err = d.store.DB().WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *db.Session) error {
+	err = d.store.ReadReplica().WithDbSession(ctx, func(sess *db.Session) error {
 		return sess.SQL(sql, params...).Find(&res)
 	})
 
@@ -993,7 +994,7 @@ func (d *dashboardStore) DeleteDashboardsInFolders(
 
 func (d *dashboardStore) GetAllDashboards(ctx context.Context) ([]*dashboards.Dashboard, error) {
 	var dashboards = make([]*dashboards.Dashboard, 0)
-	err := d.store.DB().WithDbSession(ctx, func(session *db.Session) error {
+	err := d.store.ReadReplica().WithDbSession(ctx, func(session *db.Session) error {
 		err := session.Find(&dashboards)
 		return err
 	})