diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6675780ae2d..9532abb2f01 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
     "@grafana/lezer-traceql": "0.0.6",
     "@grafana/monaco-logql": "^0.0.7",
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*",
-    "@grafana/scenes": "^1.3.3",
+    "@grafana/scenes": "^1.5.1",
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/ui": "workspace:*",
     "@kusto/monaco-kusto": "^7.4.0",
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6faf39203e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { map, of } from 'rxjs';
+
+import { DataSourceApi, DataQueryRequest, PanelData } from '@grafana/data';
+import { LoadingState } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { PublicAnnotationsDataSource } from 'app/features/query/state/DashboardQueryRunner/PublicAnnotationsDataSource';
+
+import { DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer } from './DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer';
+
+const getDataSourceSrvSpy = jest.fn();
+const runRequestMock = jest.fn().mockImplementation((ds: DataSourceApi, request: DataQueryRequest) => {
+  const result: PanelData = {
+    state: LoadingState.Loading,
+    series: [],
+    timeRange: request.range,
+  };
+
+  return of([]).pipe(
+    map(() => {
+      result.state = LoadingState.Done;
+      result.series = [];
+
+      return result;
+    })
+  );
+});
+
+jest.mock('app/features/query/state/DashboardQueryRunner/PublicAnnotationsDataSource');
+jest.mock('@grafana/runtime', () => ({
+  ...jest.requireActual('@grafana/runtime'),
+  getDataSourceSrv: () => {
+    getDataSourceSrvSpy();
+  },
+  getRunRequest: () => (ds: DataSourceApi, request: DataQueryRequest) => {
+    return runRequestMock(ds, request);
+  },
+  config: {
+    publicDashboardAccessToken: 'ac123',
+  },
+}));
+
+describe('DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer', () => {
+  it('should use PublicAnnotationsDataSource when config.publicDashboardAccessToken is set', () => {
+    const dataLayer = new DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer({
+      name: 'Annotations & Alerts',
+      query: {
+        builtIn: 1,
+        datasource: {
+          type: 'grafana',
+          uid: '-- Grafana --',
+        },
+        enable: true,
+        hide: true,
+        iconColor: 'rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)',
+        name: 'Annotations & Alerts',
+        target: {
+          // @ts-expect-error
+          limit: 100,
+          matchAny: false,
+          tags: [],
+          type: 'dashboard',
+        },
+        type: 'dashboard',
+      },
+    });
+
+    dataLayer.activate();
+
+    expect(PublicAnnotationsDataSource).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(getDataSourceSrvSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52d2957ea29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { AnnotationEvent, arrayToDataFrame, DataTopic, getDefaultTimeRange, PanelData } from '@grafana/data';
+import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { dataLayers } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { AnnotationQuery, LoadingState } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { PublicAnnotationsDataSource } from 'app/features/query/state/DashboardQueryRunner/PublicAnnotationsDataSource';
+
+/**
+ * This class is an extension to dataLayers.AnnotationsDataLayer to provide support for public dashboards.
+ */
+export class DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer extends dataLayers.AnnotationsDataLayer {
+  protected async resolveDataSource(query: AnnotationQuery) {
+    if (config.publicDashboardAccessToken) {
+      return new PublicAnnotationsDataSource();
+    }
+    return super.resolveDataSource(query);
+  }
+
+  protected processEvents(
+    query: AnnotationQuery,
+    events: {
+      state: LoadingState;
+      events: AnnotationEvent[];
+    }
+  ) {
+    if (config.publicDashboardAccessToken) {
+      const stateUpdate: PanelData = {
+        series: [],
+        timeRange: getDefaultTimeRange(),
+        state: events.state,
+      };
+
+      const df = arrayToDataFrame(events.events);
+      df.meta = {
+        ...df.meta,
+        dataTopic: DataTopic.Annotations,
+      };
+
+      stateUpdate.annotations = [df];
+
+      return stateUpdate;
+    } else {
+      return super.processEvents(query, events);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
index f494c0a8e50..4ec12db2dfe 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
   VizPanelState,
   SceneGridItemLike,
   SceneDataLayers,
-  dataLayers,
   SceneDataLayerProvider,
   SceneDataLayerControls,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
 import { DashboardModel, PanelModel } from 'app/features/dashboard/state';
 import { DashboardDTO } from 'app/types';
 
+import { DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer } from '../scene/DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer';
 import { DashboardScene } from '../scene/DashboardScene';
 import { LibraryVizPanel } from '../scene/LibraryVizPanel';
 import { panelMenuBehavior } from '../scene/PanelMenuBehavior';
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export function createDashboardSceneFromDashboardModel(oldModel: DashboardModel)
   if (oldModel.annotations?.list?.length) {
     layers = oldModel.annotations?.list.map((a) => {
       // Each annotation query is an individual data layer
-      return new dataLayers.AnnotationsDataLayer({
+      return new DashboardAnnotationsDataLayer({
         query: a,
         name: a.name,
         isEnabled: Boolean(a.enable),
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7972505979e..16780e7151f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4010,9 +4010,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@grafana/scenes@npm:^1.3.3":
-  version: 1.3.3
-  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:1.3.3"
+"@grafana/scenes@npm:^1.5.1":
+  version: 1.5.1
+  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:1.5.1"
   dependencies:
     "@grafana/e2e-selectors": 10.0.2
     react-grid-layout: 1.3.4
@@ -4024,7 +4024,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/runtime": 10.0.3
     "@grafana/schema": 10.0.3
     "@grafana/ui": 10.0.3
-  checksum: 3c630aaeca7bc240b1db1a6cc7856808d940c354a558e6f1c5c0fac7268c5f57e0b6f8f55a1d9d1dbfbb02011f1beecc5fe1aae1209bc4430599e2660fd76f6d
+  checksum: 9f3adbe54078181e8770c79c6958b9cf6ad5d511a799d3f05aab64cbd06fffdcf7a4f7ae4b518db8b3562408a95221f1a8783499119fe96f2100f53a3b9ddb22
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -19701,7 +19701,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/lezer-traceql": 0.0.6
     "@grafana/monaco-logql": ^0.0.7
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*"
-    "@grafana/scenes": ^1.3.3
+    "@grafana/scenes": ^1.5.1
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/tsconfig": ^1.3.0-rc1
     "@grafana/ui": "workspace:*"