diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts
index 692942e1bd1bb..79d418fcde21d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/server/api/register_routes.ts
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ export function registerAPIRoutes({
         }
         return res.badRequest(e.message);
       }
-
-      return res.created({ body: result });
+      return res.ok({ body: result });
     }
   );
 
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts
index 18a7d5ca2d3fe..fa6b7758920c2 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/dashboards/update_dashboard/main.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { FtrProviderContext } from '../../../ftr_provider_context';
 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')
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
           ],
         });
 
-      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');