diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
index e59070b8c24..0f2957ee0ce 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service.go
@@ -952,11 +952,26 @@ func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) UnprovisionDashboard(ctx context.Context, dashbo
 
 func (dr *DashboardServiceImpl) GetDashboardsByPluginID(ctx context.Context, query *dashboards.GetDashboardsByPluginIDQuery) ([]*dashboards.Dashboard, error) {
 	if dr.features.IsEnabledGlobally(featuremgmt.FlagKubernetesCliDashboards) {
-		return dr.searchDashboardsThroughK8s(ctx, &dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery{
+		dashs, err := dr.searchDashboardsThroughK8s(ctx, &dashboards.FindPersistedDashboardsQuery{
 			OrgId:           query.OrgID,
 			ProvisionedRepo: pluginIDRepoName,
 			ProvisionedPath: query.PluginID,
 		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// search only returns the metadata, need to get the dashboard.Data too
+		results := make([]*dashboards.Dashboard, len(dashs))
+		for i, d := range dashs {
+			dash, err := dr.GetDashboard(ctx, &dashboards.GetDashboardQuery{OrgID: d.OrgID, UID: d.UID})
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			results[i] = dash
+		}
+
+		return results, nil
 	}
 	return dr.dashboardStore.GetDashboardsByPluginID(ctx, query)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go
index d17610fb1eb..27653a41b63 100644
--- a/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/dashboards/service/dashboard_service_test.go
@@ -1020,6 +1020,15 @@ func TestGetDashboardsByPluginID(t *testing.T) {
 		PluginID: "testing",
 		OrgID:    1,
 	}
+	uidUnstructured := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]any{
+		"metadata": map[string]any{
+			"name": "uid1",
+		},
+		"spec": map[string]any{
+			"title": "Dashboard 1",
+		},
+	}}
+
 	t.Run("Should fallback to dashboard store if Kubernetes feature flags are not enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
 		service.features = featuremgmt.WithFeatures()
 		fakeStore.On("GetDashboardsByPluginID", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return([]*dashboards.Dashboard{}, nil).Once()
@@ -1030,6 +1039,7 @@ func TestGetDashboardsByPluginID(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Should use Kubernetes client if feature flags are enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ctx, k8sCliMock := setupK8sDashboardTests(service)
+		k8sCliMock.On("Get", mock.Anything, "uid", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(uidUnstructured, nil)
 		k8sCliMock.On("Search", mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.MatchedBy(func(req *resource.ResourceSearchRequest) bool {
 			return req.Options.Fields[0].Key == "repo.name" && req.Options.Fields[0].Values[0] == "plugin" &&
 				req.Options.Fields[1].Key == "repo.path" && req.Options.Fields[1].Values[0] == "testing"