diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
index 85f00b549ff..26e1538146b 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/RuleList.test.tsx
@@ -36,21 +36,23 @@ import * as analytics from './Analytics';
 import RuleList from './RuleList';
 import { discoverFeatures } from './api/buildInfo';
 import { fetchRules } from './api/prometheus';
+import * as apiRuler from './api/ruler';
 import { deleteNamespace, deleteRulerRulesGroup, fetchRulerRules, setRulerRuleGroup } from './api/ruler';
 import {
   MockDataSourceSrv,
+  getPotentiallyPausedRulerRules,
   grantUserPermissions,
   mockDataSource,
+  mockFolder,
   mockPromAlert,
   mockPromAlertingRule,
   mockPromRecordingRule,
   mockPromRuleGroup,
   mockPromRuleNamespace,
+  mockRulerGrafanaRule,
   pausedPromRules,
-  getPotentiallyPausedRulerRules,
   somePromRules,
   someRulerRules,
-  mockFolder,
 } from './mocks';
 import * as config from './utils/config';
 import { DataSourceType, GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME } from './utils/datasource';
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ jest.mock('app/core/core', () => ({
 jest.spyOn(analytics, 'logInfo');
 jest.spyOn(config, 'getAllDataSources');
 jest.spyOn(actions, 'rulesInSameGroupHaveInvalidFor').mockReturnValue([]);
+jest.spyOn(apiRuler, 'rulerUrlBuilder');
 
 const mocks = {
   getAllDataSourcesMock: jest.mocked(config.getAllDataSources),
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ const mocks = {
     deleteGroup: jest.mocked(deleteRulerRulesGroup),
     deleteNamespace: jest.mocked(deleteNamespace),
     setRulerRuleGroup: jest.mocked(setRulerRuleGroup),
+    rulerBuilderMock: jest.mocked(apiRuler.rulerUrlBuilder),
   },
 };
 
@@ -187,6 +191,11 @@ const configureMockServer = () => {
     message: 'rule group updated successfully',
     updated: ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'],
   });
+  mockAlertRuleApi(server).rulerRuleGroup(GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME, 'NAMESPACE_UID', 'groupPaused', {
+    name: 'group-1',
+    interval: '1m',
+    rules: [mockRulerGrafanaRule()],
+  });
 };
 
 beforeAll(() => {
@@ -634,6 +643,13 @@ describe('RuleList', () => {
       mocks.api.fetchRules.mockImplementation((sourceName) =>
         Promise.resolve(sourceName === 'grafana' ? pausedPromRules('grafana') : [])
       );
+      mocks.api.rulerBuilderMock.mockReturnValue({
+        rules: () => ({ path: `api/ruler/${GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME}/api/v1/rules` }),
+        namespace: () => ({ path: 'ruler' }),
+        namespaceGroup: () => ({
+          path: `api/ruler/${GRAFANA_RULES_SOURCE_NAME}/api/v1/rules/NAMESPACE_UID/groupPaused`,
+        }),
+      });
     });
 
     test('resuming paused alert rule', async () => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx
index 06ad1985efb..6f312ef9f01 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/MenuItemPauseRule.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ import { produce } from 'immer';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { Menu } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { alertRuleApi } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/api/alertRuleApi';
 import { isGrafanaRulerRule, isGrafanaRulerRulePaused } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/utils/rules';
 import { CombinedRule } from 'app/types/unified-alerting';
 
+import { grafanaRulerConfig } from '../hooks/useCombinedRule';
+
 interface Props {
   rule: CombinedRule;
   /**
@@ -19,7 +22,11 @@ interface Props {
  * and triggering API call to do so
  */
 const MenuItemPauseRule = ({ rule, onPauseChange }: Props) => {
-  const { group } = rule;
+  // we need to fetch the group again, as maybe the group has been filtered
+  const [getGroup] = alertRuleApi.endpoints.rulerRuleGroup.useLazyQuery();
+  const notifyApp = useAppNotification();
+
+  // Add any dependencies here
   const [updateRule] = alertRuleApi.endpoints.updateRule.useMutation();
   const isPaused = isGrafanaRulerRule(rule.rulerRule) && isGrafanaRulerRulePaused(rule.rulerRule);
   const icon = isPaused ? 'play' : 'pause';
@@ -33,21 +40,32 @@ const MenuItemPauseRule = ({ rule, onPauseChange }: Props) => {
       return;
     }
     const ruleUid = rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.uid;
+    const targetGroup = await getGroup({
+      rulerConfig: grafanaRulerConfig,
+      namespace: rule.namespace.uid || rule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.namespace_uid,
+      group: rule.group.name,
+    }).unwrap();
+
+    if (!targetGroup) {
+      notifyApp.error(
+        `Failed to ${newIsPaused ? 'pause' : 'resume'} the rule. Could not get the target group to update the rule.`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
 
     // Parse the rules into correct format for API
-    const modifiedRules = group.rules.map((groupRule) => {
-      if (!(isGrafanaRulerRule(groupRule.rulerRule) && groupRule.rulerRule.grafana_alert.uid === ruleUid)) {
-        return groupRule.rulerRule!;
+    const modifiedRules = targetGroup.rules.map((groupRule) => {
+      if (!(isGrafanaRulerRule(groupRule) && groupRule.grafana_alert.uid === ruleUid)) {
+        return groupRule;
       }
-
-      return produce(groupRule.rulerRule, (updatedGroupRule) => {
+      return produce(groupRule, (updatedGroupRule) => {
         updatedGroupRule.grafana_alert.is_paused = newIsPaused;
       });
     });
 
     const payload = {
-      interval: group.interval!,
-      name: group.name,
+      interval: targetGroup.interval!,
+      name: targetGroup.name,
       rules: modifiedRules,
     };