diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59137bf134..03b4ccb57d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Refactoring
 
 ### Maintenance
+
 - Update delete_backport_branch workflow to include release-chores branches ([#5548](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/5548))
 - Bump `1password/load-secrets-action` from 2 to 3 ([#5573](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/5573))
 - Bump `jjwt_version` from 0.12.6 to 0.13.0 ([#5568](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/5568), [#5581](https://github.com/opensearch-project/security/pull/5581))
diff --git a/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java b/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
index f32051967c..ab4abb6f55 100644
--- a/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
+++ b/bwc-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/bwc/SecurityBackwardsCompatibilityIT.java
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ private void ingestData(String index) throws IOException {
                 bulkRequestBody.append(Song.randomSong().asJson() + "\n");
             }
             List<Response> responses = RestHelper.requestAgainstAllNodes(
-                testUserRestClient,
+                adminClient(),
                 "POST",
                 "_bulk?refresh=wait_for",
                 new StringEntity(bulkRequestBody.toString(), APPLICATION_NDJSON)
@@ -413,30 +413,31 @@ private boolean resourceExists(String url) throws IOException {
      */
     private void createTestRoleIfNotExists(String role) throws IOException {
         String url = "_plugins/_security/api/roles/" + role;
-        String roleSettings = "{\n"
-            + "  \"cluster_permissions\": [\n"
-            + "    \"unlimited\"\n"
-            + "  ],\n"
-            + "  \"index_permissions\": [\n"
-            + "    {\n"
-            + "      \"index_patterns\": [\n"
-            + "        \"test_index*\"\n"
-            + "      ],\n"
-            + "      \"dls\": \"{ \\\"bool\\\": { \\\"must\\\": { \\\"match\\\": { \\\"genre\\\": \\\"rock\\\" } } } }\",\n"
-            + "      \"fls\": [\n"
-            + "        \"~lyrics\"\n"
-            + "      ],\n"
-            + "      \"masked_fields\": [\n"
-            + "        \"artist\"\n"
-            + "      ],\n"
-            + "      \"allowed_actions\": [\n"
-            + "        \"read\",\n"
-            + "        \"write\"\n"
-            + "      ]\n"
-            + "    }\n"
-            + "  ],\n"
-            + "  \"tenant_permissions\": []\n"
-            + "}\n";
+        String roleSettings = """
+            {
+              "cluster_permissions": [
+                "unlimited"
+              ],
+              "index_permissions": [
+                {
+                  "index_patterns": [
+                    "test_index*"
+                  ],
+                  "dls": "{ \\\"bool\\\": { \\\"must\\\": { \\\"match\\\": { \\\"genre\\\": \\\"rock\\\" } } } }",
+                  "fls": [
+                    "~lyrics"
+                  ],
+                  "masked_fields": [
+                    "artist"
+                  ],
+                  "allowed_actions": [
+                    "read"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "tenant_permissions": []
+            }
+            """;
         Response response = RestHelper.makeRequest(adminClient(), "PUT", url, RestHelper.toHttpEntity(roleSettings));
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), anyOf(equalTo(200), equalTo(201)));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/DlsFlsValveImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/DlsFlsValveImpl.java
index 9762bfdc64..ff8cb97b3d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/DlsFlsValveImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/DlsFlsValveImpl.java
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ public boolean invoke(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context, final ActionListener<
 
             if (request instanceof BulkShardRequest) {
                 for (BulkItemRequest inner : ((BulkShardRequest) request).items()) {
-                    if (inner.request() instanceof UpdateRequest) {
-                        listener.onFailure(
-                            new OpenSearchSecurityException("Update is not supported when FLS or DLS or Fieldmasking is activated")
-                        );
-                        return false;
-                    }
+                    listener.onFailure(
+                        new OpenSearchSecurityException(
+                            inner.request().getClass().getSimpleName() + " is not supported when FLS or DLS or Fieldmasking is activated"
+                        )
+                    );
+                    return false;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java
index c731c3545c..653b9fff81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/filter/SecurityFilter.java
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ private <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void ap
             if (pres.isAllowed()) {
                 auditLog.logGrantedPrivileges(action, request, task);
                 auditLog.logIndexEvent(action, request, task);
-                if (!dlsFlsValve.invoke(context, listener)) {
+                if (!pres.shouldSkipDlsValve() && !dlsFlsValve.invoke(context, listener)) {
                     return;
                 }
                 final CreateIndexRequestBuilder createIndexRequestBuilder = pres.getCreateIndexRequestBuilder();
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ private <Request extends ActionRequest, Response extends ActionResponse> void ap
                         createIndexRequest.index(),
                         alias2Name(createIndexRequest.aliases())
                     );
+                    threadContext.putHeader(ConfigConstants.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_CONF_REQUEST_HEADER, "true");
                     createIndexRequestBuilder.execute(ActionListener.wrap(createIndexResponse -> {
                         if (createIndexResponse.isAcknowledged()) {
                             log.debug(
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
index 9cfe99de94..5ea62d0446 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluator.java
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ public PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse evaluate(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context)
                             if (replaceResult.accessDenied) {
                                 auditLog.logMissingPrivileges(action0, request, task);
                             } else {
+                                presponse.shouldSkipDlsValve = true;
                                 presponse.allowed = true;
                                 presponse.createIndexRequestBuilder = replaceResult.createIndexRequestBuilder;
                             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse.java
index d072ec301c..1747df9fcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class PrivilegesEvaluatorResponse {
     private CheckTable<String, String> indexToActionCheckTable;
     private String privilegeMatrix;
     private String reason;
+    boolean shouldSkipDlsValve = false;
 
     /**
      * Contains issues that were encountered during privilege evaluation. Can be used for logging.
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ public boolean isAllowed() {
         return allowed;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the request is only for dashboards indices
+     */
+    public boolean shouldSkipDlsValve() {
+        return shouldSkipDlsValve;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns true if the request can be allowed if the referenced indices are reduced (aka "do not fail on forbidden").
      * See getAvailableIndices() for the indices for which we have privileges.