diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/components/ContactPointSelector/ContactPointSelector.tsx b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/components/ContactPointSelector/ContactPointSelector.tsx
index 56dacd8dca5..674dbc76dd3 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/components/ContactPointSelector/ContactPointSelector.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/components/ContactPointSelector/ContactPointSelector.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ export type ContactPointSelectorProps = CustomComboBoxProps<ContactPoint>;
  * @TODO make ComboBox accept a ReactNode so we can use icons and such
  */
 function ContactPointSelector(props: ContactPointSelectorProps) {
-  const { currentData: contactPoints, isLoading } = useListContactPoints();
+  const { currentData: contactPoints, isLoading } = useListContactPoints(
+    {},
+    { refetchOnFocus: true, refetchOnMountOrArgChange: true }
+  );
 
   // Create a mapping of options with their corresponding contact points
   const contactPointOptions = chain(contactPoints?.items)
diff --git a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/hooks/v0alpha1/useContactPoints.tsx b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/hooks/v0alpha1/useContactPoints.tsx
index 25d1ab9a6bf..e72577e91d0 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/hooks/v0alpha1/useContactPoints.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-alerting/src/grafana/contactPoints/hooks/v0alpha1/useContactPoints.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ type ListContactPointsHookResult = TypedUseQueryHookResult<
   ReturnType<typeof fetchBaseQuery>
 >;
 
+// Type for the options that can be passed to the hook
+// Based on the pattern used for mutation options in this file
+type ListContactPointsQueryArgs = Parameters<
+  typeof alertingAPI.endpoints.listReceiver.useQuery<ListContactPointsHookResult>
+>[0];
+
+type ListContactPointsQueryOptions = Parameters<
+  typeof alertingAPI.endpoints.listReceiver.useQuery<ListContactPointsHookResult>
+>[1];
+
 /**
  * useListContactPoints is a hook that fetches a list of contact points
  *
@@ -22,9 +32,15 @@ type ListContactPointsHookResult = TypedUseQueryHookResult<
  * to ensure that the returned ContactPoints are correctly typed in the data.items array.
  *
  * It automatically uses the configured namespace for the query.
+ *
+ * @param queryOptions - Optional query options that will be passed to the underlying useListReceiverQuery hook.
+ *                      These options can include refetchOnFocus, refetchOnMountOrArgChange, skip, etc.
  */
-export function useListContactPoints() {
-  return alertingAPI.useListReceiverQuery<ListContactPointsHookResult>({});
+export function useListContactPoints(
+  queryArgs: ListContactPointsQueryArgs = {},
+  queryOptions: ListContactPointsQueryOptions = {}
+) {
+  return alertingAPI.useListReceiverQuery<ListContactPointsHookResult>(queryArgs, queryOptions);
 }
 
 // type narrowing mutations requires us to define a few helper types