diff --git a/docs/sources/developers/http_api/folder_dashboard_search.md b/docs/sources/developers/http_api/folder_dashboard_search.md
index e1c2764575c..935b99aa587 100644
--- a/docs/sources/developers/http_api/folder_dashboard_search.md
+++ b/docs/sources/developers/http_api/folder_dashboard_search.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Query parameters:
 - **tag** – List of tags to search for
 - **type** – Type to search for, `dash-folder` or `dash-db`
 - **dashboardIds** – List of dashboard id's to search for
+- **dashboardUID** - List of dashboard uid's to search for, It is deprecated since Grafana v9.1, please use dashboardUIDs instead
+- **dashboardUIDs** – List of dashboard uid's to search for
 - **folderIds** – List of folder id's to search in for dashboards
 - **starred** – Flag indicating if only starred Dashboards should be returned
 - **limit** – Limit the number of returned results (max is 5000; default is 1000)
diff --git a/pkg/api/docs/definitions/search.go b/pkg/api/docs/definitions/search.go
index 799880b54c9..4bb937aa98f 100644
--- a/pkg/api/docs/definitions/search.go
+++ b/pkg/api/docs/definitions/search.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ type SearchParams struct {
 	// in:query
 	// required: false
 	DashboardIds []int64 `json:"dashboardIds"`
+	// List of dashboard uid’s to search for
+	// in:query
+	// required: false
+	DashboardUIDs []string `json:"dashboardUIDs"`
 	// List of folder id’s to search in for dashboards
 	// in:query
 	// required: false
diff --git a/pkg/api/search.go b/pkg/api/search.go
index 042a008ef82..bbb9fa58d8a 100644
--- a/pkg/api/search.go
+++ b/pkg/api/search.go
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) Search(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 		}
 	}
 
-	dbUIDs := c.QueryStrings("dashboardUID")
+	dbUIDs := c.QueryStrings("dashboardUIDs")
+	if len(dbUIDs) == 0 {
+		// To keep it for now backward compatible for grafana 9
+		dbUIDs = c.QueryStrings("dashboardUID")
+	}
 
 	folderIDs := make([]int64, 0)
 	for _, id := range c.QueryStrings("folderIds") {
diff --git a/public/api-merged.json b/public/api-merged.json
index b607a3b2630..5d59621e810 100644
--- a/public/api-merged.json
+++ b/public/api-merged.json
@@ -7642,6 +7642,15 @@
             "name": "dashboardIds",
             "in": "query"
           },
+          {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "description": "List of dashboard uid’s to search for",
+            "name": "dashboardUIDs",
+            "in": "query"
+          },
           {
             "type": "array",
             "items": {
diff --git a/public/api-spec.json b/public/api-spec.json
index bfb1de36b1f..dd099f04cd3 100644
--- a/public/api-spec.json
+++ b/public/api-spec.json
@@ -7061,6 +7061,15 @@
             "name": "dashboardIds",
             "in": "query"
           },
+          {
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            "description": "List of dashboard uid’s to search for",
+            "name": "dashboardUIDs",
+            "in": "query"
+          },
           {
             "type": "array",
             "items": {