diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d012e5d4771..452a65bccfd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
     "@grafana/prometheus": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/saga-icons": "workspace:*",
-    "@grafana/scenes": "^5.0.2",
+    "@grafana/scenes": "^5.3.0",
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/sql": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/ui": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/keyboardShortcuts.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/keyboardShortcuts.ts
index f0edd586360..b5282772143 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/keyboardShortcuts.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/keyboardShortcuts.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export function setupKeyboardShortcuts(scene: DashboardScene) {
       handleZoomOut(scene);
     },
   });
+
   keybindings.addBinding({
     key: 'ctrl+z',
     onTrigger: () => {
@@ -109,6 +110,15 @@ export function setupKeyboardShortcuts(scene: DashboardScene) {
     },
   });
 
+  // Relative -> Absolute time range
+  keybindings.addBinding({
+    key: 't a',
+    onTrigger: () => {
+      const timePicker = dashboardSceneGraph.getTimePicker(scene);
+      timePicker?.toAbsolute();
+    },
+  });
+
   keybindings.addBinding({
     key: 't left',
     onTrigger: () => {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e42cada06fb..393f7b62e03 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3580,9 +3580,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@grafana/scenes@npm:^5.0.2":
-  version: 5.1.2
-  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:5.1.2"
+"@grafana/scenes@npm:^5.3.0":
+  version: 5.3.0
+  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:5.3.0"
   dependencies:
     "@grafana/e2e-selectors": "npm:^11.0.0"
     "@leeoniya/ufuzzy": "npm:^1.0.14"
@@ -3597,7 +3597,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/ui": ^10.4.1
     react: ^18.0.0
     react-dom: ^18.0.0
-  checksum: 10/814fe81537d267640cf0e4d91c1fc5805290fd6f46bbf37633edfbc8fbeae8a064a2b9540d482adb061235bd20148ddf246db6e41a8141380e98d49ca31638f3
+  checksum: 10/625b7e009af1b79de8903eb2fbe9e2da3558e229d51e532bbb385bc72c316f9a5df9e1e81caff49e3b245dd1e00a019331f4ce11cdd980fe112917992c80c3c2
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -17145,7 +17145,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/prometheus": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/saga-icons": "workspace:*"
-    "@grafana/scenes": "npm:^5.0.2"
+    "@grafana/scenes": "npm:^5.3.0"
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/sql": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/tsconfig": "npm:^1.3.0-rc1"