diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/opsgenie.go b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/opsgenie.go
index e67ccfb10e5..5af9fa69611 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/opsgenie.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/notifiers/opsgenie.go
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var (
-	opsgenieCreateAlertURL string = "https://api.opsgenie.com/v1/json/alert"
-	opsgenieCloseAlertURL  string = "https://api.opsgenie.com/v1/json/alert/close"
+	opsgenieAlertURL string = "https://api.opsgenie.com/v2/alerts"
 )
 
 func NewOpsGenieNotifier(model *m.AlertNotification) (alerting.Notifier, error) {
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ func (this *OpsGenieNotifier) createAlert(evalContext *alerting.EvalContext) err
 	}
 
 	bodyJSON := simplejson.New()
-	bodyJSON.Set("apiKey", this.ApiKey)
 	bodyJSON.Set("message", evalContext.Rule.Name)
 	bodyJSON.Set("source", "Grafana")
 	bodyJSON.Set("alias", "alertId-"+strconv.FormatInt(evalContext.Rule.Id, 10))
@@ -103,9 +101,13 @@ func (this *OpsGenieNotifier) createAlert(evalContext *alerting.EvalContext) err
 	body, _ := bodyJSON.MarshalJSON()
 
 	cmd := &m.SendWebhookSync{
-		Url:        opsgenieCreateAlertURL,
+		Url:        opsgenieAlertURL,
 		Body:       string(body),
 		HttpMethod: "POST",
+    		HttpHeader: map[string]string{
+          		"Content-Type": "application/json",
+      		"Authorization": fmt.Sprintf("GenieKey %s", this.ApiKey),
+    		},
 	}
 
 	if err := bus.DispatchCtx(evalContext.Ctx, cmd); err != nil {
@@ -119,14 +121,17 @@ func (this *OpsGenieNotifier) closeAlert(evalContext *alerting.EvalContext) erro
 	this.log.Info("Closing OpsGenie alert", "ruleId", evalContext.Rule.Id, "notification", this.Name)
 
 	bodyJSON := simplejson.New()
-	bodyJSON.Set("apiKey", this.ApiKey)
-	bodyJSON.Set("alias", "alertId-"+strconv.FormatInt(evalContext.Rule.Id, 10))
+	bodyJSON.Set("source", "Grafana")
 	body, _ := bodyJSON.MarshalJSON()
 
 	cmd := &m.SendWebhookSync{
-		Url:        opsgenieCloseAlertURL,
+		Url:        fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/close?identifierType=alias", opsgenieAlertURL,"alertId-"+strconv.FormatInt(evalContext.Rule.Id, 10)),
 		Body:       string(body),
 		HttpMethod: "POST",
+    		HttpHeader: map[string]string{
+          		"Content-Type": "application/json",
+          		"Authorization": fmt.Sprintf("GenieKey %s", this.ApiKey),
+    		},
 	}
 
 	if err := bus.DispatchCtx(evalContext.Ctx, cmd); err != nil {