diff --git a/src/__test__/utils/work/__snapshots__/generatePlotWorkBody.test.js.snap b/src/__test__/utils/work/__snapshots__/generatePlotWorkBody.test.js.snap
index dffb17e096..cb0b8f420a 100644
--- a/src/__test__/utils/work/__snapshots__/generatePlotWorkBody.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/__test__/utils/work/__snapshots__/generatePlotWorkBody.test.js.snap
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 exports[`Generate plot work request body Generates the correct work request body for DotPlot 1`] = `
 Object {
+  "clusterNames": undefined,
   "customGenesList": Array [],
   "filterBy": Object {
     "group": "All",
diff --git a/src/pages/experiments/[experimentId]/plots-and-tables/dot-plot/index.jsx b/src/pages/experiments/[experimentId]/plots-and-tables/dot-plot/index.jsx
index 453a6a7113..4c63eb269a 100644
--- a/src/pages/experiments/[experimentId]/plots-and-tables/dot-plot/index.jsx
+++ b/src/pages/experiments/[experimentId]/plots-and-tables/dot-plot/index.jsx
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ const DotPlotPage = (props) => {
   } = useSelector((state) => state.genes.properties.views[plotUuid] || {});
 
   const cellSets = useSelector(getCellSets());
+
   const {
     loading: cellSetsLoading,
     error: cellSetsError,
diff --git a/src/redux/actions/componentConfig/fetchPlotDataWork.js b/src/redux/actions/componentConfig/fetchPlotDataWork.js
index b93a655561..189213ea98 100644
--- a/src/redux/actions/componentConfig/fetchPlotDataWork.js
+++ b/src/redux/actions/componentConfig/fetchPlotDataWork.js
@@ -7,10 +7,30 @@ import endUserMessages from 'utils/endUserMessages';
 import generatePlotWorkBody from 'utils/work/generatePlotWorkBody';
 import { fetchWork } from 'utils/work/fetchWork';
 
-const fetchPlotDataWork = (experimentId, plotUuid, plotType) => async (dispatch, getState) => {
-  const config = getState().componentConfig[plotUuid]?.config ?? initialPlotConfigStates[plotType];
+const getClusterNames = (state) => {
+  const clusterIds = state.cellSets.hierarchy.reduce(
+    (acc, cellSet) => [...acc, ...cellSet.children.map((entry) => entry.key)],
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const clusterNames = clusterIds?.map((clusterId) => state.cellSets.properties[clusterId].name);
+  return clusterNames;
+};
+
+const fetchPlotDataWork = (
+  experimentId,
+  plotUuid,
+  plotType,
+) => async (dispatch, getState) => {
+  let config = getState().componentConfig[plotUuid]?.config ?? initialPlotConfigStates[plotType];
+  const clusterNames = getClusterNames(getState());
   const timeout = getTimeoutForWorkerTask(getState(), 'PlotData');
 
+  config = {
+    ...config,
+    clusterNames,
+  };
+
   try {
     const body = generatePlotWorkBody(plotType, config);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/work/fetchWork.js b/src/utils/work/fetchWork.js
index fe8d8bf9db..e123628ecd 100644
--- a/src/utils/work/fetchWork.js
+++ b/src/utils/work/fetchWork.js
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ const fetchWork = async (
   getState,
   optionals = {},
 ) => {
-  const { extras = undefined, timeout = 180, broadcast = false } = optionals;
+  const {
+    extras = undefined,
+    timeout = 180,
+    broadcast = false,
+  } = optionals;
+
   const backendStatus = getBackendStatus(experimentId)(getState()).status;
 
   const { environment } = getState().networkResources;
@@ -135,7 +140,11 @@ const fetchWork = async (
   }
 
   const ETag = createObjectHash({
-    experimentId, body, qcPipelineStartDate, extras, cacheUniquenessKey,
+    experimentId,
+    body,
+    qcPipelineStartDate,
+    extras,
+    cacheUniquenessKey,
   });
 
   // First, let's try to fetch this information from the local cache.
diff --git a/src/utils/work/generatePlotWorkBody.js b/src/utils/work/generatePlotWorkBody.js
index 62d4bc34a7..11d4592ec9 100644
--- a/src/utils/work/generatePlotWorkBody.js
+++ b/src/utils/work/generatePlotWorkBody.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const composeDotPlotWorkBody = (config) => {
       group: filterGroup,
       key: filterKey || 'All',
     },
+    // clusterNames is used for triggering a work request upon cluster name change
+    clusterNames: config.clusterNames,
   };
 };