diff --git a/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/cloudmigration_test.go b/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/cloudmigration_test.go
index b4cbef367bf..2a1f1fbf7b9 100644
--- a/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/cloudmigration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/cloudmigration_test.go
@@ -384,6 +384,29 @@ func Test_DeletedDashboardsNotMigrated(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, dashCount)
 }
 
+// Implementation inspired by ChatGPT, OpenAI's language model.
+func Test_SortFolders(t *testing.T) {
+	folders := []folder.CreateFolderCommand{
+		{UID: "a", ParentUID: "", Title: "Root"},
+		{UID: "b", ParentUID: "a", Title: "Child of Root"},
+		{UID: "c", ParentUID: "b", Title: "Child of b"},
+		{UID: "d", ParentUID: "a", Title: "Another Child of Root"},
+		{UID: "e", ParentUID: "", Title: "Another Root"},
+	}
+
+	expected := []folder.CreateFolderCommand{
+		{UID: "a", ParentUID: "", Title: "Root"},
+		{UID: "e", ParentUID: "", Title: "Another Root"},
+		{UID: "b", ParentUID: "a", Title: "Child of Root"},
+		{UID: "d", ParentUID: "a", Title: "Another Child of Root"},
+		{UID: "c", ParentUID: "b", Title: "Child of b"},
+	}
+
+	sortedFolders := sortFolders(folders)
+
+	require.Equal(t, expected, sortedFolders)
+}
+
 func ctxWithSignedInUser() context.Context {
 	c := &contextmodel.ReqContext{
 		SignedInUser: &user.SignedInUser{OrgID: 1},
diff --git a/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/snapshot_mgmt.go b/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/snapshot_mgmt.go
index e26450b241f..d9f4020dce0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/snapshot_mgmt.go
+++ b/pkg/services/cloudmigration/cloudmigrationimpl/snapshot_mgmt.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	snapshot "github.com/grafana/grafana-cloud-migration-snapshot/src"
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ func (s *Service) getMigrationDataJSON(ctx context.Context, signedInUser *user.S
 		})
 	}
 
+	folders = sortFolders(folders)
 	for _, f := range folders {
 		migrationDataSlice = append(migrationDataSlice, cloudmigration.MigrateDataRequestItem{
 			Type:  cloudmigration.FolderDataType,
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ func (s *Service) getDataSourceCommands(ctx context.Context) ([]datasources.AddD
 	return result, err
 }
 
+// getDashboardAndFolderCommands returns the json payloads required by the dashboard and folder creation APIs
 func (s *Service) getDashboardAndFolderCommands(ctx context.Context, signedInUser *user.SignedInUser) ([]dashboards.Dashboard, []folder.CreateFolderCommand, error) {
 	dashs, err := s.dashboardService.GetAllDashboards(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -369,3 +372,43 @@ func (s *Service) updateSnapshotWithRetries(ctx context.Context, cmd cloudmigrat
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// sortFolders implements a sort such that parent folders always come before their children
+// Implementation inspired by ChatGPT, OpenAI's language model.
+func sortFolders(input []folder.CreateFolderCommand) []folder.CreateFolderCommand {
+	// Map from UID to the corresponding folder for quick lookup
+	folderMap := make(map[string]folder.CreateFolderCommand)
+	for _, folder := range input {
+		folderMap[folder.UID] = folder
+	}
+	// Dynamic map of folderUID to depth
+	depthMap := make(map[string]int)
+
+	// Function to get the depth of a folder based on its parent hierarchy
+	var getDepth func(uid string) int
+	getDepth = func(uid string) int {
+		if uid == "" {
+			return 0
+		}
+		if d, ok := depthMap[uid]; ok {
+			return d
+		}
+		folder, exists := folderMap[uid]
+		if !exists || folder.ParentUID == "" {
+			return 1
+		}
+		return 1 + getDepth(folder.ParentUID)
+	}
+
+	// Calculate the depth of each folder
+	for _, folder := range input {
+		depthMap[folder.UID] = getDepth(folder.UID)
+	}
+
+	// Sort folders by their depth, ensuring a stable sort
+	sort.SliceStable(input, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return depthMap[input[i].UID] < depthMap[input[j].UID]
+	})
+
+	return input
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/cloudmigration/gmsclient/gms_client.go b/pkg/services/cloudmigration/gmsclient/gms_client.go
index c942f69d220..a831d58aa00 100644
--- a/pkg/services/cloudmigration/gmsclient/gms_client.go
+++ b/pkg/services/cloudmigration/gmsclient/gms_client.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (c *gmsClientImpl) ReportEvent(ctx context.Context, session cloudmigration.
 		return
 	}
 
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/snapshots/events", c.buildBasePath(session.ClusterSlug))
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/events", c.buildBasePath(session.ClusterSlug))
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(event); err != nil {