diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/kibana.jsonc
index ab4c97a978fb..14a36c85c6c8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/enterprise_search/kibana.jsonc
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
   "type": "plugin",
   "id": "@kbn/enterprise-search-plugin",
   "owner": "@elastic/search-kibana",
-  "group": "search",
-  "visibility": "private",
+  // Could be categorised as Search in the future, but it currently needs to run in Observability too
+  "group": "platform",
+  "visibility": "shared",
   "description": "Adds dashboards for discovering and managing Enterprise Search products.",
   "plugin": {
     "id": "enterpriseSearch",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/search_playground/kibana.jsonc b/x-pack/plugins/search_playground/kibana.jsonc
index fab74cc22067..8b0b9129c5f2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/search_playground/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/search_playground/kibana.jsonc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   "type": "plugin",
   "id": "@kbn/search-playground",
   "owner": "@elastic/search-kibana",
-  "group": "search",
-  "visibility": "private",
+  "group": "platform",
+  "visibility": "shared",
   "plugin": {
     "id": "searchPlayground",
     "server": true,