diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend.java
index 37f182618..c0f3166dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend.java
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ public class GrafanaBackend extends ObservabilityBackend {
     private String grafanaBaseUrl;
 
     private String grafanaMetricsDashboard;
-    private String tempoDataSourceIdentifier = DEFAULT_TEMPO_DATA_SOURCE_IDENTIFIER;
+
+    @Deprecated
+    private String tempoDataSourceIdentifier;
+
+    private String tempoDataSourceUid = DEFAULT_TEMPO_DATA_SOURCE_IDENTIFIER;
 
     private String grafanaOrgId = DEFAULT_GRAFANA_ORG_ID;
 
@@ -68,17 +72,27 @@ public class GrafanaBackend extends ObservabilityBackend {
     @DataBoundConstructor
     public GrafanaBackend() {}
 
+    protected void readResolve() {
+        if (tempoDataSourceIdentifier != null) {
+            if (tempoDataSourceUid == null || tempoDataSourceUid.equals(DEFAULT_TEMPO_DATA_SOURCE_IDENTIFIER)) {
+                this.tempoDataSourceUid = tempoDataSourceIdentifier;
+            }
+            this.tempoDataSourceIdentifier = null;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Nullable
     @Override
     public String getTraceVisualisationUrlTemplate() {
-        return "${" + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_BASE_URL + "}" + "/explore?orgId="
+        return "${" + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_BASE_URL + "}" + "/explore?schemaVersion=1&orgId="
                 + "${"
-                + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_ORG_ID + "}" + "&left=%7B%22datasource%22:%22"
+                + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_ORG_ID + "}" + "&panes=%7B%22pane1%22:%7B%22datasource%22:%22"
                 + "${"
-                + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_IDENTIFIER + "}"
+                + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_UID + "}"
                 + "%22,%22queries%22:%5B%7B%22refId%22:%22A%22,%22datasource%22:%7B%22type%22:%22tempo%22,%22uid%22:%22"
                 + "${"
-                + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_IDENTIFIER + "}" + "%22%7D,%22queryType%22:%22${"
+                + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_UID + "}"
+                + "%22%7D,%22queryType%22:%22${"
                 + TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_QUERY_TYPE + "}%22,%22query%22:%22" + "${traceId}"
                 + "%22%7D%5D,%22range%22:%7B%22from%22:%22"
                 + "${"
@@ -88,7 +102,7 @@ public String getTraceVisualisationUrlTemplate() {
                 + "${"
                 + TemplateBindings.START_TIME
                 + ".plusSeconds(600).atZone(java.util.TimeZone.getDefault().toZoneId()).toInstant().toEpochMilli()}"
-                + "%22%7D%7D";
+                + "%22%7D%7D%7D";
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,13 +139,13 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
         GrafanaBackend that = (GrafanaBackend) o;
         return Objects.equals(grafanaOrgId, that.grafanaOrgId)
                 && Objects.equals(grafanaBaseUrl, that.grafanaBaseUrl)
-                && Objects.equals(tempoDataSourceIdentifier, that.tempoDataSourceIdentifier)
+                && Objects.equals(tempoDataSourceUid, that.tempoDataSourceUid)
                 && Objects.equals(tempoQueryType, that.tempoQueryType);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return Objects.hash(grafanaBaseUrl, tempoDataSourceIdentifier, grafanaOrgId, tempoQueryType);
+        return Objects.hash(grafanaBaseUrl, tempoDataSourceUid, grafanaOrgId, tempoQueryType);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -144,12 +158,20 @@ public Map<String, Object> mergeBindings(Map<String, Object> bindings) {
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> getBindings() {
         Map<String, Object> bindings = Map.of(
-                TemplateBindings.BACKEND_NAME, getName(),
-                TemplateBindings.BACKEND_24_24_ICON_URL, "/plugin/opentelemetry/images/24x24/grafana.png",
-                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_BASE_URL, this.getGrafanaBaseUrl(),
-                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_ORG_ID, String.valueOf(this.getGrafanaOrgId()),
-                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_IDENTIFIER, this.getTempoDataSourceIdentifier(),
-                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_QUERY_TYPE, this.getTempoQueryType());
+                TemplateBindings.BACKEND_NAME,
+                getName(),
+                TemplateBindings.BACKEND_24_24_ICON_URL,
+                "/plugin/opentelemetry/images/24x24/grafana.png",
+                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_BASE_URL,
+                this.getGrafanaBaseUrl(),
+                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_ORG_ID,
+                String.valueOf(this.getGrafanaOrgId()),
+                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_IDENTIFIER,
+                this.getTempoDataSourceUid(),
+                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_UID,
+                this.getTempoDataSourceUid(),
+                TemplateBindings.GRAFANA_TEMPO_QUERY_TYPE,
+                this.getTempoQueryType());
 
         if (grafanaLogsBackend instanceof TemplateBindingsProvider) {
             Map<String, Object> logsBackendBindings = ((TemplateBindingsProvider) grafanaLogsBackend).getBindings();
@@ -178,16 +200,25 @@ public void setGrafanaBaseUrl(String grafanaBaseUrl) {
         this.grafanaBaseUrl = grafanaBaseUrl;
     }
 
-    @DataBoundSetter
+    @Deprecated
     public String getTempoDataSourceIdentifier() {
         return tempoDataSourceIdentifier;
     }
 
-    @DataBoundSetter
+    @Deprecated
     public void setTempoDataSourceIdentifier(String tempoDataSourceIdentifier) {
         this.tempoDataSourceIdentifier = tempoDataSourceIdentifier;
     }
 
+    public String getTempoDataSourceUid() {
+        return tempoDataSourceUid;
+    }
+
+    @DataBoundSetter
+    public void setTempoDataSourceUid(String tempoDataSourceUid) {
+        this.tempoDataSourceUid = tempoDataSourceUid;
+    }
+
     @DataBoundSetter
     public void setGrafanaMetricsDashboard(String grafanaMetricsDashboard) {
         this.grafanaMetricsDashboard = grafanaMetricsDashboard;
@@ -250,6 +281,10 @@ public String getDefaultTempoDataSourceIdentifier() {
             return DEFAULT_TEMPO_DATA_SOURCE_IDENTIFIER;
         }
 
+        public String getDefaultTempoDataSourceUid() {
+            return DEFAULT_TEMPO_DATA_SOURCE_IDENTIFIER;
+        }
+
         public String getDefaultTempoQueryType() {
             return DEFAULT_TEMPO_QUERY_TYPE;
         }
@@ -280,6 +315,7 @@ public ListBoxModel doFillTempoQueryTypeItems() {
     public interface TemplateBindings extends ObservabilityBackend.TemplateBindings {
         String GRAFANA_BASE_URL = "grafanaBaseUrl";
         String GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_IDENTIFIER = "grafanaTempoDatasourceIdentifier";
+        String GRAFANA_TEMPO_DATASOURCE_UID = "grafanaTempoDatasourceUid";
         String GRAFANA_LOKI_DATASOURCE_IDENTIFIER = "grafanaLokiDatasourceIdentifier";
         String GRAFANA_ORG_ID = "grafanaOrgId";
         String GRAFANA_TEMPO_QUERY_TYPE = "grafanaTempoQueryType";
diff --git a/src/main/resources/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend/config.jelly b/src/main/resources/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend/config.jelly
index 146d53a2e..79f22100a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend/config.jelly
+++ b/src/main/resources/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackend/config.jelly
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
         <p>
             <strong>Grafana</strong>
         </p>
-        <f:entry title="Tempo data source identifier" field="tempoDataSourceIdentifier"
-                 description="Identifier of the Tempo datasource in which the Jenkins pipeline build traces are stored.">
-            <f:textbox default="${descriptor.defaultTempoDataSourceIdentifier}"/>
+        <f:entry title="Tempo data source UID" field="tempoDataSourceUid"
+                 description="The unique identifier (UUID) of the Tempo datasource in Grafana.">
+            <f:textbox default="${descriptor.defaultTempoDataSourceUid}"/>
         </f:entry>
         <f:entry title="Tempo Query Type" field="tempoQueryType"
                  description="Query type passed to Tempo, used when searching for the specific trace.">
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackendTest.java b/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackendTest.java
index 49feea795..697096b35 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackendTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/opentelemetry/backend/GrafanaBackendTest.java
@@ -5,16 +5,48 @@
 
 package io.jenkins.plugins.opentelemetry.backend;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class GrafanaBackendTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testTraceUrl() {
+        GrafanaBackend grafanaBackend = new GrafanaBackend();
+        grafanaBackend.setGrafanaBaseUrl("https://cleclerc.grafana.net");
+        grafanaBackend.setGrafanaOrgId("1");
+        grafanaBackend.setTempoDataSourceUid("my-awesome-custom-uid");
+        grafanaBackend.setTempoQueryType("traceql");
+
+        LocalDateTime buildTime =
+                LocalDateTime.parse("2023-02-05 23:31:52.610", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"));
+
+        Map<String, Object> bindings = new HashMap<>();
+        bindings.put("serviceName", "jenkins");
+        bindings.put("rootSpanName", "BUILD my-app");
+        bindings.put("traceId", "f464e1f32444443d3fc00fdb19e5c124");
+        bindings.put("spanId", "00799ea60984f33f");
+        bindings.put("startTime", buildTime);
+
+        String actualUrl = grafanaBackend.getTraceVisualisationUrl(bindings);
+        System.out.println(actualUrl);
+
+        assertTrue(Objects.requireNonNull(actualUrl).contains("schemaVersion=1"), "URL must contain schemaVersion=1");
+        assertTrue(actualUrl.contains("panes="), "URL must use 'panes' instead of 'left'");
+        assertTrue(actualUrl.contains("my-awesome-custom-uid"), "URL must contain the new Tempo UID");
+        assertTrue(actualUrl.contains("f464e1f32444443d3fc00fdb19e5c124"), "URL must contain the exact traceId");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public void testTraceUrlFallbackToIdentifier() {
         GrafanaBackend grafanaBackend = new GrafanaBackend();
         grafanaBackend.setGrafanaBaseUrl("https://cleclerc.grafana.net");
         grafanaBackend.setGrafanaOrgId("1");
@@ -31,7 +63,70 @@ public void testTraceUrl() {
         bindings.put("spanId", "00799ea60984f33f");
         bindings.put("startTime", buildTime);
 
-        String actualTraceVisualisationUrl = grafanaBackend.getTraceVisualisationUrl(bindings);
-        System.out.println(actualTraceVisualisationUrl);
+        String actualUrl = grafanaBackend.getTraceVisualisationUrl(bindings);
+
+        assertTrue(Objects.requireNonNull(actualUrl).contains("schemaVersion=1"), "URL must contain schemaVersion=1");
+        assertTrue(actualUrl.contains("panes="), "URL must use 'panes' instead of 'left'");
+        assertTrue(
+                actualUrl.contains("grafanacloud-traces"),
+                "URL must fall back to the tempoDataSourceIdentifier when UID is missing");
+        assertTrue(actualUrl.contains("f464e1f32444443d3fc00fdb19e5c124"), "URL must contain the exact traceId");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEqualsAndHashCode() {
+        GrafanaBackend backend1 = new GrafanaBackend();
+        backend1.setGrafanaBaseUrl("http://grafana");
+        backend1.setGrafanaOrgId("1");
+        backend1.setTempoDataSourceUid("tempo-uid");
+        backend1.setTempoQueryType("traceql");
+
+        GrafanaBackend backend2 = new GrafanaBackend();
+        backend2.setGrafanaBaseUrl("http://grafana");
+        backend2.setGrafanaOrgId("1");
+        backend2.setTempoDataSourceUid("tempo-uid");
+        backend2.setTempoQueryType("traceql");
+
+        assertEquals(backend1, backend2);
+        assertEquals(backend1.hashCode(), backend2.hashCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public void testReadResolveMigratesIdentifierToUid() {
+        GrafanaBackend backend = new GrafanaBackend();
+
+        backend.setTempoDataSourceIdentifier("old-datasource-id");
+        backend.readResolve();
+
+        assertEquals("old-datasource-id", backend.getTempoDataSourceUid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+    public void testReadResolveDoesNotOverrideExistingUid() {
+        GrafanaBackend backend = new GrafanaBackend();
+
+        backend.setTempoDataSourceIdentifier("old-id");
+        backend.setTempoDataSourceUid("new-uid");
+        backend.readResolve();
+
+        assertEquals("new-uid", backend.getTempoDataSourceUid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDescriptorDefaultTempoDataSourceUid() {
+        GrafanaBackend.DescriptorImpl descriptor = new GrafanaBackend.DescriptorImpl();
+
+        assertEquals("grafanacloud-traces", descriptor.getDefaultTempoDataSourceUid());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDescriptorDefaults() {
+        GrafanaBackend.DescriptorImpl descriptor = new GrafanaBackend.DescriptorImpl();
+
+        assertEquals("grafanacloud-traces", descriptor.getDefaultTempoDataSourceUid());
+        assertEquals("1", descriptor.getDefaultGrafanaOrgId());
+        assertEquals("traceql", descriptor.getDefaultTempoQueryType());
     }
 }