diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index cd0bde5129f..8d87433f7b9 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ embed.go @grafana/grafana-as-code
 /.github/workflows/publish-kinds-release.yml @grafana/platform-monitoring
 /.github/workflows/verify-kinds.yml @grafana/platform-monitoring
 /.github/workflows/dashboards-issue-add-label.yml @grafana/dashboards-squad
+/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml  @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /.github/workflows/ephemeral-instances-pr-comment.yml @grafana/grafana-backend-services-squad
 /.github/workflows/create-security-patch-from-security-mirror.yml @grafana/grafana-developer-enablement-squad
 /.github/workflows/core-plugins-build-and-release.yml @grafana/plugins-platform-frontend @grafana/plugins-platform-backend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b55aa4c430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-schema-v2-e2e.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Run dashboard schema v2 e2e
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - '**' 
+
+env:
+  ARCH: linux-amd64
+
+jobs:
+  dashboard-schema-v2-e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Pin Go version to mod file
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+      - run: go version
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: 'yarn'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --immutable
+      - name: Build grafana
+        run: make build
+      - name: Install Cypress dependencies
+        uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
+        with:
+          runTests: false
+      - name: Run dashboard scenes e2e
+        run: yarn e2e:schema-v2 || echo "Test failed but marking as success since schema V2 is behind a feature flag and should not block PRs"
+      
+      - name: Always succeed # This is a workaround to make the job pass even if the previous step fails
+        if: failure()
+        run: exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js b/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js
index 3e03d0f4344..ddd50a58844 100644
--- a/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js
+++ b/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js
@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     cy.logToConsole('disabling dashboardScene feature toggle in localstorage');
     cy.setLocalStorage('grafana.featureToggles', 'dashboardScene=false');
   }
+
+  if (Cypress.env('useV2DashboardsAPI')) {
+    cy.logToConsole('enabling v2 dashboards API in localstorage');
+    cy.setLocalStorage('grafana.featureToggles', 'useV2DashboardsAPI=true');
+  }
 });
diff --git a/e2e/run-suite b/e2e/run-suite
index 11569b43982..bc0eebd1567 100755
--- a/e2e/run-suite
+++ b/e2e/run-suite
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ declare -A env=(
 testFilesForSingleSuite="*.spec.ts"
 rootForEnterpriseSuite="./e2e/extensions-suite"
 rootForOldArch="./e2e/old-arch"
+rootForDashboardsSchemaV2="./e2e/dashboards-suite"
 
 declare -A cypressConfig=(
   [screenshotsFolder]=./e2e/"${args[0]}"/screenshots
@@ -111,6 +112,24 @@ case "$1" in
       cypressConfig[video]=${args[1]}
       env[DISABLE_SCENES]=true
       ;;
+    "dashboards-schema-v2")
+      env[useV2DashboardsAPI]=true
+      cypressConfig[specPattern]=$rootForDashboardsSchemaV2/$testFilesForSingleSuite
+      cypressConfig[video]=false
+          case "$2" in
+            "debug")
+                echo -e "Debug mode"
+                env[SLOWMO]=1
+                PARAMS="--no-exit"
+                enterpriseSuite=$(basename "${args[2]}")
+                ;;
+            "dev")
+                echo "Dev mode"
+                CMD="cypress open"
+                enterpriseSuite=$(basename "${args[2]}")
+                ;;
+          esac
+      ;;
    "enterprise-smtp")
       env[SMTP_PLUGIN_ENABLED]=true
       cypressConfig[specPattern]=./e2e/extensions/enterprise/smtp-suite/$testFilesForSingleSuite
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d87d9050539..5d19e8cf0d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "build:stats": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress --config scripts/webpack/webpack.stats.js",
     "dev": "NODE_ENV=dev nx exec -- webpack --config scripts/webpack/webpack.dev.js",
     "e2e": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite",
-    "e2e:scenes": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite scenes",
+    "e2e:old-arch": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite old-arch",
+    "e2e:schema-v2": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite dashboards-schema-v2",
     "e2e:debug": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite debug",
     "e2e:dev": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite dev",
     "e2e:benchmark:live": "./e2e/start-and-run-suite benchmark live",