diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 598cd02c0c0..7d0852129e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
     "@grafana/lezer-logql": "0.1.2",
     "@grafana/monaco-logql": "^0.0.7",
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*",
-    "@grafana/scenes": "^0.0.18",
+    "@grafana/scenes": "^0.0.19",
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*",
     "@grafana/ui": "workspace:*",
     "@kusto/monaco-kusto": "5.3.6",
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.test.ts b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.test.ts
index b6d00d4b3ed..74e133c5246 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   CustomVariable,
   DataSourceVariable,
   QueryVariable,
+  SceneDataTransformer,
   SceneGridLayout,
   SceneGridRow,
   SceneQueryRunner,
@@ -301,9 +302,13 @@ describe('DashboardLoader', () => {
       expect(vizPanelSceneObject.state.options).toEqual(panel.options);
       expect(vizPanelSceneObject.state.fieldConfig).toEqual(panel.fieldConfig);
       expect(vizPanelSceneObject.state.pluginVersion).toBe('1.0.0');
-      expect((vizPanelSceneObject.state.$data as SceneQueryRunner)?.state.queries).toEqual(panel.targets);
-      expect((vizPanelSceneObject.state.$data as SceneQueryRunner)?.state.maxDataPoints).toEqual(100);
-      expect((vizPanelSceneObject.state.$data as SceneQueryRunner)?.state.transformations).toEqual(
+      expect(
+        ((vizPanelSceneObject.state.$data as SceneDataTransformer)?.state.$data as SceneQueryRunner).state.queries
+      ).toEqual(panel.targets);
+      expect(
+        ((vizPanelSceneObject.state.$data as SceneDataTransformer)?.state.$data as SceneQueryRunner).state.maxDataPoints
+      ).toEqual(100);
+      expect((vizPanelSceneObject.state.$data as SceneDataTransformer)?.state.transformations).toEqual(
         panel.transformations
       );
     });
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts
index c327a7b6ac4..552e1b1f2b1 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/dashboard/DashboardsLoader.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   DataSourceVariable,
   QueryVariable,
   ConstantVariable,
+  SceneDataTransformer,
 } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { StateManagerBase } from 'app/core/services/StateManagerBase';
 import { dashboardLoaderSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardLoaderSrv';
@@ -263,10 +264,12 @@ export function createVizPanelFromPanelModel(panel: PanelModel) {
     options: panel.options,
     fieldConfig: panel.fieldConfig,
     pluginVersion: panel.pluginVersion,
-    $data: new SceneQueryRunner({
-      transformations: panel.transformations,
-      queries: panel.targets,
-      maxDataPoints: panel.maxDataPoints ?? undefined,
+    $data: new SceneDataTransformer({
+      $data: new SceneQueryRunner({
+        queries: panel.targets,
+        maxDataPoints: panel.maxDataPoints ?? undefined,
+      }),
+      transformations: panel.transformations ?? [],
     }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/public/app/features/scenes/scenes/transformations.tsx b/public/app/features/scenes/scenes/transformations.tsx
index d8c5a08f335..2140e56f993 100644
--- a/public/app/features/scenes/scenes/transformations.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/scenes/scenes/transformations.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export function getTransformationsDemo(): DashboardScene {
             }),
 
             new VizPanel({
-              $data: getQueryRunnerWithRandomWalkQuery(undefined, {
+              $data: new SceneDataTransformer({
+                $data: getQueryRunnerWithRandomWalkQuery(),
                 transformations: [
                   {
                     id: 'reduce',
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export function getTransformationsDemo(): DashboardScene {
                   },
                 ],
               }),
+
               pluginId: 'stat',
               title: 'Query with predefined transformations',
             }),
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0a2d7c4c123..50ad530b0da 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5207,9 +5207,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@grafana/scenes@npm:^0.0.18":
-  version: 0.0.18
-  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:0.0.18"
+"@grafana/scenes@npm:^0.0.19":
+  version: 0.0.19
+  resolution: "@grafana/scenes@npm:0.0.19"
   dependencies:
     "@grafana/e2e-selectors": ^9.4.3
     "@grafana/experimental": 1.0.1
@@ -5217,7 +5217,7 @@ __metadata:
     react-use: 17.4.0
     react-virtualized-auto-sizer: 1.0.7
     uuid: ^9.0.0
-  checksum: f863cbf410d71e579cd4e343fb7b8ad014bc66a250f4d31f9d43c43fe8e97f5b6e3e8d01ed69818c347b3db31b6ecb153d1dc7a0e2946d360e7e1806eb6f5d8c
+  checksum: e71451751523c33a72d1fe777ac37795166da44c4316a8c1a00ffff936167d49eca91cbe1557a7ffbbfa220c58112dc5c84d45058725efd5c1bf3ba32c2cfb36
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -22118,7 +22118,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/lezer-logql": 0.1.2
     "@grafana/monaco-logql": ^0.0.7
     "@grafana/runtime": "workspace:*"
-    "@grafana/scenes": ^0.0.18
+    "@grafana/scenes": ^0.0.19
     "@grafana/schema": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/toolkit": "workspace:*"
     "@grafana/tsconfig": ^1.2.0-rc1