diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts
index cce3d71bc9a2c..ea22de76f9525 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ export function registerAPIRoutes({
         }
         return res.badRequest(e.message);
       }
-
-      return res.created({ body: result });
+      return res.ok({ body: result });
     }
   );
 
diff --git a/src/platform/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts b/src/platform/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts
index 1d8fc895e131d..8d2539b8809c3 100644
--- a/src/platform/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts
+++ b/src/platform/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ const updatedDashboard = {
 export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
   describe('main', () => {
-    it('should return 201 with an updated dashboard', async () => {
+    it('should return 200 with an updated dashboard', async () => {
       const response = await supertest
         .put(`${PUBLIC_API_PATH}/be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab`)
         .set('kbn-xsrf', 'true')
         .set('ELASTIC_HTTP_VERSION_HEADER', '2023-10-31')
         .send(updatedDashboard);
 
-      expect(response.status).to.be(201);
+      expect(response.status).to.be(200);
 
       expect(response.body.item.id).to.be('be3733a0-9efe-11e7-acb3-3dab96693fab');
       expect(response.body.item.type).to.be('dashboard');
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
             },
           });
 
-        expect(response.status).to.be(201);
+        expect(response.status).to.be(200);
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.contain('bar');
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.have.length(1);
         const referenceIds = response.body.item.references.map(
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
             },
           });
 
-        expect(response.status).to.be(201);
+        expect(response.status).to.be(200);
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.contain('foo');
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.have.length(1);
         const referenceIds = response.body.item.references.map(
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
             },
           });
 
-        expect(response.status).to.be(201);
+        expect(response.status).to.be(200);
         expect(response.body.item.attributes).not.to.have.property('tags');
         const referenceIds = response.body.item.references.map(
           (ref: SavedObjectReference) => ref.id
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
             },
           });
 
-        expect(response.status).to.be(201);
+        expect(response.status).to.be(200);
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.contain('foo');
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.contain('bar');
         expect(response.body.item.attributes.tags).to.contain('buzz');