diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter.go
index 5928840f599..baade93989a 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ func parseTimeSeriesResponse(queryRes *backend.DataResponse,
 				"groupBys":         groupBys,
 			},
 		}
+		// Ensure the time field is named correctly
+		timeField := frame.Fields[0]
+		timeField.Name = data.TimeSeriesTimeFieldName
 
 		var err error
 		frames, err = appendFrames(frames, series, 0, defaultMetricName, seriesLabels, frame, query)
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter_test.go
index 031d40a0347..c44949e6c51 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_filter_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
-	sdkdata "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
+	gdata "github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/kinds/dataquery"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func TestTimeSeriesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		frames := res.Frames
 		custom, ok := frames[0].Meta.Custom.(map[string]any)
 		require.True(t, ok)
-		labels, ok := custom["labels"].(sdkdata.Labels)
+		labels, ok := custom["labels"].(gdata.Labels)
 		require.True(t, ok)
 		assert.Equal(t, "114250375703598695", labels["resource.label.instance_id"])
 	})
@@ -459,12 +459,12 @@ func TestTimeSeriesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, (&cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesList{parameters: &dataquery.TimeSeriesList{GroupBys: []string{"test_group_by"}}}).parseResponse(res, data, "test_query", service.logger))
 
 			require.NotNil(t, res.Frames[0].Meta)
-			assert.Equal(t, sdkdata.FrameMeta{
+			assert.Equal(t, gdata.FrameMeta{
 				ExecutedQueryString: "test_query",
 				Custom: map[string]any{
 					"groupBys":        []string{"test_group_by"},
 					"alignmentPeriod": "",
-					"labels": sdkdata.Labels{
+					"labels": gdata.Labels{
 						"resource.label.project_id": "grafana-prod",
 						"resource.type":             "https_lb_rule",
 					},
@@ -482,12 +482,12 @@ func TestTimeSeriesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, (&cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesList{parameters: &dataquery.TimeSeriesList{GroupBys: []string{"test_group_by"}}}).parseResponse(res, data, "test_query", service.logger))
 
 			require.NotNil(t, res.Frames[0].Meta)
-			assert.Equal(t, sdkdata.FrameMeta{
+			assert.Equal(t, gdata.FrameMeta{
 				ExecutedQueryString: "test_query",
 				Custom: map[string]any{
 					"groupBys":        []string{"test_group_by"},
 					"alignmentPeriod": "",
-					"labels": sdkdata.Labels{
+					"labels": gdata.Labels{
 						"resource.label.project_id": "grafana-demo",
 						"resource.type":             "global",
 					},
@@ -505,12 +505,12 @@ func TestTimeSeriesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, (&cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesList{parameters: &dataquery.TimeSeriesList{GroupBys: []string{"test_group_by"}}}).parseResponse(res, data, "test_query", service.logger))
 
 			require.NotNil(t, res.Frames[0].Meta)
-			assert.Equal(t, sdkdata.FrameMeta{
+			assert.Equal(t, gdata.FrameMeta{
 				ExecutedQueryString: "test_query",
 				Custom: map[string]any{
 					"groupBys":        []string{"test_group_by"},
 					"alignmentPeriod": "",
-					"labels": sdkdata.Labels{
+					"labels": gdata.Labels{
 						"resource.label.project_id": "grafana-prod",
 						"resource.type":             "https_lb_rule",
 					},
@@ -544,6 +544,22 @@ func TestTimeSeriesFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Contains(t, value, `zone=monitoring.regex.full_match("us-central1-a~")`)
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("time field is appropriately named", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := &backend.DataResponse{}
+		data, err := loadTestFile("./test-data/4-series-response-distribution-explicit.json")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		query := &cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesList{
+			parameters: &dataquery.TimeSeriesList{
+				ProjectName: "test-proj",
+			},
+			aliasBy: "",
+		}
+		err = query.parseResponse(res, data, "", service.logger)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		frames := res.Frames
+		assert.Equal(t, gdata.TimeSeriesTimeFieldName, frames[0].Fields[0].Name)
+	})
 }
 
 func loadTestFile(path string) (cloudMonitoringResponse, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go
index 13bd03d7d6e..169c151bc24 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query.go
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ func (timeSeriesQuery *cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery) parseResponse(queryRes *b
 				return err
 			}
 		}
+		// Ensure the time field is named correctly
+		timeField := frame.Fields[0]
+		timeField.Name = data.TimeSeriesTimeFieldName
 	}
 	if len(response.TimeSeriesData) > 0 {
 		dl := timeSeriesQuery.buildDeepLink()
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query_test.go
index 8ddfc183366..4097630f43d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloud-monitoring/time_series_query_test.go
@@ -148,4 +148,26 @@ func TestTimeSeriesQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		query := &cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery{parameters: &dataquery.TimeSeriesQuery{GraphPeriod: strPtr("disabled")}}
 		assert.Equal(t, query.appendGraphPeriod(&backend.QueryDataRequest{Queries: []backend.DataQuery{{}}}), "")
 	})
+
+	t.Run("time field is appropriately named", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := &backend.DataResponse{}
+		data, err := loadTestFile("./test-data/7-series-response-mql.json")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		fromStart := time.Date(2018, 3, 15, 13, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).In(time.Local)
+		query := &cloudMonitoringTimeSeriesQuery{
+			parameters: &dataquery.TimeSeriesQuery{
+				ProjectName: "test-proj",
+				Query:       "test-query",
+			},
+			aliasBy: "",
+			timeRange: backend.TimeRange{
+				From: fromStart,
+				To:   fromStart.Add(34 * time.Minute),
+			},
+		}
+		err = query.parseResponse(res, data, "", service.logger)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		frames := res.Frames
+		assert.Equal(t, gdata.TimeSeriesTimeFieldName, frames[0].Fields[0].Name)
+	})
 }