diff --git a/docs/sources/developers/plugins/development-with-local-grafana.md b/docs/sources/developers/plugins/development-with-local-grafana.md
index c5cb5690be2..9a61edbbacf 100644
--- a/docs/sources/developers/plugins/development-with-local-grafana.md
+++ b/docs/sources/developers/plugins/development-with-local-grafana.md
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ Configure your code editor to run the following steps:
    ```
    mage build:debug
    ```
-1. Run the plugin's executable file (inside `dist`) with `-standalone -debug` flags.
+1. Run the plugin's executable file (inside `dist`) with `-standalone` flag.
    ```
-   ./gpx_xyz_linux_amd64 -standalone -debug
+   ./gpx_xyz_linux_amd64 -standalone
    ```
 1. Attach a debugger to the process.
 
@@ -174,5 +174,5 @@ Configure your code editor to run the following steps:
 ### Notes
 
 - All logs are printed in the plugin's `stdout` rather than in Grafana logs.
-- If the backend plugin doesn't serve requests after you turn off debug mode, you can force a reset to the standalone mode. To do so, delete the files `dist/standalone.txt`, `dist/pid.txt`, and the executable file, and then restart Grafana.
+- If the backend plugin doesn't serve requests after you stop debugging, you can force a reset to the standalone mode. To do so, delete the files `dist/standalone.txt`, `dist/pid.txt`, and the executable file, and then restart Grafana.
 - Grafana doesn't support debugging backend plugins running inside Docker. But this is a [planned enhancement](https://github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/issues/685).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 36adb6b1331..de959fcb41d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grafana/cuetsy v0.1.9
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-aws-sdk v0.15.0
 	github.com/grafana/grafana-azure-sdk-go v1.7.0
-	github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.162.0
+	github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.165.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.4.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.5.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin v1.4.9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 419e42242c2..6a16b8ac218 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1379,8 +1379,8 @@ github.com/grafana/grafana-google-sdk-go v0.1.0 h1:LKGY8z2DSxKjYfr2flZsWgTRTZ6HG
 github.com/grafana/grafana-google-sdk-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Vo2TKWfDVmNTELBUM+3lkrZvFtBws0qSZdXhQxRdJrE=
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.94.0/go.mod h1:3VXz4nCv6wH5SfgB3mlW39s+c+LetqSCjFj7xxPC5+M=
 github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.114.0/go.mod h1:D7x3ah+1d4phNXpbnOaxa/osSaZlwh9/ZUnGGzegRbk=
-github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.162.0 h1:ij2ARWohf0IoK9yCVC1Wup4Gp6zwBq2AueVXRYsv/to=
-github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.162.0/go.mod h1:dPhljkVno3Bg/ZYafMrR/BfYjtCRJD2hU2719Nl3QzM=
+github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.165.0 h1:PTCW1bSlqPr5/k/9oz4R8NLZIiQaOMP0xlSaRWwKUxg=
+github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go v0.165.0/go.mod h1:dPhljkVno3Bg/ZYafMrR/BfYjtCRJD2hU2719Nl3QzM=
 github.com/grafana/kindsys v0.0.0-20230508162304-452481b63482 h1:1YNoeIhii4UIIQpCPU+EXidnqf449d0C3ZntAEt4KSo=
 github.com/grafana/kindsys v0.0.0-20230508162304-452481b63482/go.mod h1:GNcfpy5+SY6RVbNGQW264gC0r336Dm+0zgQ5vt6+M8Y=
 github.com/grafana/phlare/api v0.1.4-0.20230426005640-f90edba05413 h1:bBzCezZNRyYlJpXTkyZdY4fpPxHZUdyeyRWzhtw/P6I=