diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ccad0253b6..68357c0e0f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-github/v57 v57.0.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/grafana-tools/sdk v0.0.0-20220919052116-6562121319fc
-	github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250113170557-b4ab2ba363a8
+	github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250117230852-a5e8136407d4
 	github.com/grafana/regexp v0.0.0-20240607082908-2cb410fa05da
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/hashicorp/vault/api v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9e253d1804..c01a70ee09 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1269,8 +1269,8 @@ github.com/gosimple/slug v1.1.1 h1:fRu/digW+NMwBIP+RmviTK97Ho/bEj/C9swrCspN3D4=
 github.com/gosimple/slug v1.1.1/go.mod h1:ER78kgg1Mv0NQGlXiDe57DpCyfbNywXXZ9mIorhxAf0=
 github.com/grafana-tools/sdk v0.0.0-20220919052116-6562121319fc h1:PXZQA2WCxe85Tnn+WEvr8fDpfwibmEPgfgFEaC87G24=
 github.com/grafana-tools/sdk v0.0.0-20220919052116-6562121319fc/go.mod h1:AHHlOEv1+GGQ3ktHMlhuTUwo3zljV3QJbC0+8o2kn+4=
-github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250113170557-b4ab2ba363a8 h1:mdI6P22PgFD7bQ0Yf4h8cfHSldak4nxogvlsTHZyZmc=
-github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250113170557-b4ab2ba363a8/go.mod h1:QsnoKX/iYZxA4Cv+H+wC7uxutBD8qi8ZW5UJvD2TYmU=
+github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250117230852-a5e8136407d4 h1:616HUg7WVyLJLtVvk2pZ845M4Gk0fswgTwEZSuAZbJU=
+github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250117230852-a5e8136407d4/go.mod h1:QsnoKX/iYZxA4Cv+H+wC7uxutBD8qi8ZW5UJvD2TYmU=
 github.com/grafana/dskit v0.0.0-20250117173157-36b56b12711d h1:dAJOAzmZyZQgVpNjSK9bNnCvSBZP+HmGo0U+lXJ+ku0=
 github.com/grafana/dskit v0.0.0-20250117173157-36b56b12711d/go.mod h1:SPLNCARd4xdjCkue0O6hvuoveuS1dGJjDnfxYe405YQ=
 github.com/grafana/e2e v0.1.2-0.20240118170847-db90b84177fc h1:BW+LjKJDz0So5LI8UZfW5neWeKpSkWqhmGjQFzcFfLM=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/grafana_alertmanager.go b/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/grafana_alertmanager.go
index 693dbff52c..fcbd00f4ab 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/grafana_alertmanager.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/grafana_alertmanager.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/alerting/cluster"
-	"github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/nfstatus"
 	amv2 "github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/api/v2/models"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/alertmanager/dispatch"
@@ -37,6 +35,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 
+	"github.com/grafana/alerting/cluster"
+	"github.com/grafana/alerting/notify/nfstatus"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/alerting/templates"
 )
@@ -663,13 +664,24 @@ func (am *GrafanaAlertmanager) ApplyConfig(cfg Configuration) (err error) {
 
 	// Finally, build the integrations map using the receiver configuration and templates.
 	apiReceivers := cfg.Receivers()
+	nameToReceiver := make(map[string]*APIReceiver, len(apiReceivers))
+	for _, receiver := range apiReceivers {
+		if existing, ok := nameToReceiver[receiver.Name]; ok {
+			itypes := make([]string, 0, len(existing.GrafanaIntegrations.Integrations))
+			for _, i := range existing.GrafanaIntegrations.Integrations {
+				itypes = append(itypes, i.Type)
+			}
+			level.Warn(am.logger).Log("msg", "receiver with same name is defined multiple times. Only the last one will be used", "receiver_name", receiver.Name, "overwritten_integrations", itypes)
+		}
+		nameToReceiver[receiver.Name] = receiver
+	}
 	integrationsMap := make(map[string][]*Integration, len(apiReceivers))
-	for _, apiReceiver := range apiReceivers {
+	for name, apiReceiver := range nameToReceiver {
 		integrations, err := cfg.BuildReceiverIntegrationsFunc()(apiReceiver, tmpl)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		integrationsMap[apiReceiver.Name] = integrations
+		integrationsMap[name] = integrations
 	}
 
 	// Now, let's put together our notification pipeline
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/templates/template_data.go b/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/templates/template_data.go
index f9b452624e..21f8957971 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/templates/template_data.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/grafana/alerting/templates/template_data.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
 	"slices"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	tmpltext "text/template"
 	"time"
@@ -226,28 +225,45 @@ func extendAlert(alert template.Alert, externalURL string, logger log.Logger) *E
 		extended.ValueString = alert.Annotations[models.ValueStringAnnotation]
 	}
 
-	matchers := make([]string, 0)
-	for key, value := range alert.Labels {
-		if !(strings.HasPrefix(key, "__") && strings.HasSuffix(key, "__")) {
-			matchers = append(matchers, key+"="+value)
-		}
-	}
-	sort.Strings(matchers)
-	u.Path = path.Join(externalPath, "/alerting/silence/new")
+	extended.SilenceURL = generateSilenceURL(alert, *u, externalPath)
+
+	return extended
+}
+
+// generateSilenceURL generates a URL to silence the given alert in Grafana.
+func generateSilenceURL(alert template.Alert, baseURL url.URL, externalPath string) string {
+	baseURL.Path = path.Join(externalPath, "/alerting/silence/new")
 
 	query := make(url.Values)
 	query.Add("alertmanager", "grafana")
-	for _, matcher := range matchers {
-		query.Add("matcher", matcher)
+
+	ruleUID := alert.Labels[models.RuleUIDLabel]
+	if ruleUID != "" {
+		query.Add("matcher", models.RuleUIDLabel+"="+ruleUID)
 	}
 
-	u.RawQuery = query.Encode()
+	for _, pair := range alert.Labels.SortedPairs() {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(pair.Name, "__") && strings.HasSuffix(pair.Name, "__") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// If the alert has a rule uid available, it can more succinctly and accurately replace alertname + folder labels.
+		// In addition, using rule uid is more compatible with minimal permission RBAC users as they require the rule uid to silence.
+		if ruleUID != "" && (pair.Name == models.FolderTitleLabel || pair.Name == model.AlertNameLabel) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		query.Add("matcher", pair.Name+"="+pair.Value)
+	}
+
+	baseURL.RawQuery = query.Encode()
+
+	orgID := alert.Annotations[models.OrgIDAnnotation]
 	if len(orgID) > 0 {
-		extended.SilenceURL = setOrgIDQueryParam(u, orgID)
-	} else {
-		extended.SilenceURL = u.String()
+		_ = setOrgIDQueryParam(&baseURL, orgID)
 	}
-	return extended
+
+	return baseURL.String()
 }
 
 func setOrgIDQueryParam(url *url.URL, orgID string) string {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 2f25c0937c..d280112aa9 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ github.com/gosimple/slug
 # github.com/grafana-tools/sdk v0.0.0-20220919052116-6562121319fc
 ## explicit; go 1.13
 github.com/grafana-tools/sdk
-# github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250113170557-b4ab2ba363a8
+# github.com/grafana/alerting v0.0.0-20250117230852-a5e8136407d4
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/grafana/alerting/cluster
 github.com/grafana/alerting/definition