diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/kibana.json b/x-pack/plugins/observability/kibana.json
index 1887764f6f72d..650d437a229ff 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/kibana.json
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/kibana.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "alerting",
     "cases",
     "data",
+    "dataViews",
     "features",
     "inspector",
     "ruleRegistry",
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/index.tsx
index 7b0e2d10c0d3b..4b68e9d5f6fa3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/embeddable/index.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function getExploratoryViewEmbeddable(
 
         setLoading(true);
         try {
-          const obsvIndexP = new ObservabilityDataViews(plugins.data);
+          const obsvIndexP = new ObservabilityDataViews(plugins.dataViews);
           const indPattern = await obsvIndexP.getDataView(
             dataType,
             dataTypesIndexPatterns?.[dataType]
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/hooks/use_app_index_pattern.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/hooks/use_app_index_pattern.tsx
index c865d8e6dca5e..2688812f76c9a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/hooks/use_app_index_pattern.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/hooks/use_app_index_pattern.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function IndexPatternContextProvider({ children }: ProviderProps) {
   const [hasAppData, setHasAppData] = useState<HasAppDataState>({} as HasAppDataState);
 
   const {
-    services: { data },
+    services: { dataViews },
   } = useKibana<ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart>();
 
   const { indexPatterns: indexPatternsList } = useExploratoryView();
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function IndexPatternContextProvider({ children }: ProviderProps) {
           setHasAppData((prevState) => ({ ...prevState, [dataType]: hasDataT }));
 
           if (hasDataT && indices) {
-            const obsvIndexP = new ObservabilityDataViews(data);
+            const obsvIndexP = new ObservabilityDataViews(dataViews);
             const indPattern = await obsvIndexP.getDataView(dataType, indices);
 
             setIndexPatterns((prevState) => ({ ...prevState, [dataType]: indPattern }));
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export function IndexPatternContextProvider({ children }: ProviderProps) {
         }
       }
     },
-    [data, hasAppData, indexPatternsList, loading]
+    [dataViews, hasAppData, indexPatternsList, loading]
   );
 
   return (
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/rtl_helpers.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/rtl_helpers.tsx
index 55e90db755eaf..84a52bd0d7e22 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/rtl_helpers.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/components/shared/exploratory_view/rtl_helpers.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { IndexPattern, IndexPatternsContract } from '../../../../../../../src/pl
 import { AppDataType, SeriesUrl, UrlFilter } from './types';
 import { createStubIndexPattern } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/common/stubs';
 import { dataPluginMock } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public/mocks';
+import { dataViewPluginMocks } from '../../../../../../../src/plugins/data_views/public/mocks';
 import { ListItem } from '../../../hooks/use_values_list';
 import { TRANSACTION_DURATION } from './configurations/constants/elasticsearch_fieldnames';
 import { casesPluginMock } from '../../../../../cases/public/mocks';
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ export const mockCore: () => Partial<CoreStart & ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart
     },
     lens: lensPluginMock.createStartContract(),
     data: dataPluginMock.createStartContract(),
+    dataViews: dataViewPluginMocks.createStartContract(),
     cases: casesPluginMock.createStartContract(),
   };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/containers/alerts_page/alerts_page.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/containers/alerts_page/alerts_page.tsx
index dc7eab6b0ca40..a8e78410e13c5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/containers/alerts_page/alerts_page.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/pages/alerts/containers/alerts_page/alerts_page.tsx
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function AlertsPage() {
       {
         id: 'dynamic-observability-alerts-table-index-pattern',
         title: indexNames.join(','),
-        fields: await plugins.data.indexPatterns.getFieldsForWildcard({
+        fields: await plugins.dataViews.getFieldsForWildcard({
           pattern: indexNames.join(','),
           allowNoIndex: true,
         }),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts
index 36a7600a58f25..38f300af9aa1e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/plugin.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import type {
   DataPublicPluginSetup,
   DataPublicPluginStart,
 } from '../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
+import type { DataViewsPublicPluginStart } from '../../../../src/plugins/data_views/public';
 import type { DiscoverStart } from '../../../../src/plugins/discover/public';
 import type { EmbeddableStart } from '../../../../src/plugins/embeddable/public';
 import type {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export interface ObservabilityPublicPluginsStart {
   home?: HomePublicPluginStart;
   triggersActionsUi: TriggersAndActionsUIPublicPluginStart;
   data: DataPublicPluginStart;
+  dataViews: DataViewsPublicPluginStart;
   lens: LensPublicStart;
   discover: DiscoverStart;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.test.ts
index 78899e9cabca0..0a24f35a498cc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.test.ts
@@ -68,49 +68,49 @@ const fieldFormats = {
 };
 
 describe('ObservabilityIndexPatterns', function () {
-  const { data } = mockCore();
-  data!.indexPatterns.get = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ title: 'index-*' });
-  data!.indexPatterns.createAndSave = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ id: dataViewList.ux });
-  data!.indexPatterns.updateSavedObject = jest.fn();
+  const { dataViews } = mockCore();
+  dataViews!.get = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ title: 'index-*' });
+  dataViews!.createAndSave = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ id: dataViewList.ux });
+  dataViews!.updateSavedObject = jest.fn();
 
   it('should return index pattern for app', async function () {
-    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(data!);
+    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(dataViews!);
 
     const indexP = await obsv.getDataView('ux', 'heartbeat-8*,synthetics-*');
 
     expect(indexP).toEqual({ id: 'rum_static_index_pattern_id' });
 
-    expect(data?.indexPatterns.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect(dataViews?.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       'rum_static_index_pattern_id_heartbeat_8_synthetics_'
     );
-    expect(data?.indexPatterns.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(dataViews?.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
   it('should creates missing index pattern', async function () {
-    data!.indexPatterns.get = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+    dataViews!.get = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
       throw new SavedObjectNotFound('index_pattern');
     });
 
-    data!.indexPatterns.createAndSave = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ id: dataViewList.ux });
+    dataViews!.createAndSave = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ id: dataViewList.ux });
 
-    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(data!);
+    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(dataViews!);
 
     const indexP = await obsv.getDataView('ux', 'trace-*,apm-*');
 
     expect(indexP).toEqual({ id: dataViewList.ux });
 
-    expect(data?.indexPatterns.createAndSave).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+    expect(dataViews?.createAndSave).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       fieldFormats,
       id: 'rum_static_index_pattern_id_trace_apm_',
       timeFieldName: '@timestamp',
       title: '(rum-data-view)*,trace-*,apm-*',
     });
 
-    expect(data?.indexPatterns.createAndSave).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(dataViews?.createAndSave).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
   it('should return getFieldFormats', function () {
-    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(data!);
+    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(dataViews!);
 
     expect(obsv.getFieldFormats('ux')).toEqual(fieldFormats);
   });
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ describe('ObservabilityIndexPatterns', function () {
   it('should validate field formats', async function () {
     mockIndexPattern.getFormatterForField = jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ params: () => {} });
 
-    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(data!);
+    const obsv = new ObservabilityDataViews(dataViews!);
 
     await obsv.validateFieldFormats('ux', mockIndexPattern);
 
-    expect(data?.indexPatterns.updateSavedObject).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(data?.indexPatterns.updateSavedObject).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    expect(dataViews?.updateSavedObject).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(dataViews?.updateSavedObject).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({ fieldFormatMap: fieldFormats })
     );
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.ts
index eb66894772dfd..8a74482bb14ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability/public/utils/observability_data_views/observability_data_views.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 
 import type { FieldFormat as IFieldFormat } from 'src/plugins/field_formats/common';
 import { SavedObjectNotFound } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/kibana_utils/public';
-import { DataPublicPluginStart } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/public';
-import type { DataView, DataViewSpec } from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data/common';
+import type {
+  DataViewsPublicPluginStart,
+  DataView,
+  DataViewSpec,
+} from '../../../../../../src/plugins/data_views/public';
 import { rumFieldFormats } from '../../components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/rum/field_formats';
 import { syntheticsFieldFormats } from '../../components/shared/exploratory_view/configurations/synthetics/field_formats';
 import {
@@ -77,19 +80,19 @@ export function isParamsSame(param1: IFieldFormat['_params'], param2: FieldForma
 }
 
 export class ObservabilityDataViews {
-  data?: DataPublicPluginStart;
+  dataViews?: DataViewsPublicPluginStart;
 
-  constructor(data: DataPublicPluginStart) {
-    this.data = data;
+  constructor(dataViews: DataViewsPublicPluginStart) {
+    this.dataViews = dataViews;
   }
 
   async createDataView(app: AppDataType, indices: string) {
-    if (!this.data) {
+    if (!this.dataViews) {
       throw new Error('data is not defined');
     }
 
     const appIndicesPattern = getAppIndicesWithPattern(app, indices);
-    return await this.data.dataViews.createAndSave({
+    return await this.dataViews.createAndSave({
       title: appIndicesPattern,
       id: getAppDataViewId(app, indices),
       timeFieldName: '@timestamp',
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ export class ObservabilityDataViews {
         }
       });
       if (isParamsDifferent) {
-        await this.data?.dataViews.updateSavedObject(dataView);
+        await this.dataViews?.updateSavedObject(dataView);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@ export class ObservabilityDataViews {
   }
 
   async getDataView(app: AppDataType, indices?: string): Promise<DataView | undefined> {
-    if (!this.data) {
+    if (!this.dataViews) {
       throw new Error('data is not defined');
     }
     let appIndices = indices;
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ export class ObservabilityDataViews {
         const dataViewId = getAppDataViewId(app, appIndices);
         const dataViewTitle = getAppIndicesWithPattern(app, appIndices);
         // we will get the data view by id
-        const dataView = await this.data?.indexPatterns.get(dataViewId);
+        const dataView = await this.dataViews?.get(dataViewId);
 
         // and make sure title matches, otherwise, we will need to create it
         if (dataView.title !== dataViewTitle) {