diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/apm.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/apm.ts
index 66d604a663fbfe..ab2bf20b36ed4b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/apm.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/apm.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60 * 1000;
 
 Given(`a user browses the APM UI application`, () => {
   // open service overview page
-  loginAndWaitForPage(`/app/apm#/services`, {
+  loginAndWaitForPage(`/app/apm/services`, {
     from: '2020-06-01T14:59:32.686Z',
     to: '2020-06-16T16:59:36.219Z',
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/rum/rum_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/rum/rum_dashboard.ts
index 804974d8d437d7..31aef30c4e23f5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/rum/rum_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/e2e/cypress/support/step_definitions/rum/rum_dashboard.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Given(`a user browses the APM UI application for RUM Data`, () => {
   // open service overview page
   const RANGE_FROM = 'now-24h';
   const RANGE_TO = 'now';
-  loginAndWaitForPage(`/app/apm#/rum-preview`, {
+  loginAndWaitForPage(`/app/apm/rum-preview`, {
     from: RANGE_FROM,
     to: RANGE_TO,
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.test.ts
index 8b3ed38e25319f..4e306c93805d05 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe('Observability dashboard data', () => {
       );
       const response = await fetchOverviewPageData(params);
       expect(response).toEqual({
-        appLink: '/app/apm#/services?rangeFrom=now-15m&rangeTo=now',
+        appLink: '/app/apm/services?rangeFrom=now-15m&rangeTo=now',
         stats: {
           services: {
             type: 'number',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('Observability dashboard data', () => {
       );
       const response = await fetchOverviewPageData(params);
       expect(response).toEqual({
-        appLink: '/app/apm#/services?rangeFrom=now-15m&rangeTo=now',
+        appLink: '/app/apm/services?rangeFrom=now-15m&rangeTo=now',
         stats: {
           services: {
             type: 'number',
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('Observability dashboard data', () => {
       );
       const response = await fetchOverviewPageData(params);
       expect(response).toEqual({
-        appLink: '/app/apm#/services?rangeFrom=now-15m&rangeTo=now',
+        appLink: '/app/apm/services?rangeFrom=now-15m&rangeTo=now',
         stats: {
           services: {
             type: 'number',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.ts
index a20f89fac2d601..422c7b882e5dc4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/services/rest/apm_overview_fetchers.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const fetchOverviewPageData = async ({
   const { serviceCount, transactionCoordinates } = data;
 
   return {
-    appLink: `/app/apm#/services?rangeFrom=${relativeTime.start}&rangeTo=${relativeTime.end}`,
+    appLink: `/app/apm/services?rangeFrom=${relativeTime.start}&rangeTo=${relativeTime.end}`,
     stats: {
       services: {
         type: 'number',