diff --git a/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.test.ts b/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d465ee2a575b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { migrateDataSource } from './data_source';
+import { savedObjectsServiceMock } from '../../../../core/server/mocks';
+
+const contextMock = savedObjectsServiceMock.createMigrationContext();
+
+describe('migrateDataSource Function', () => {
+  it('should return the input document unchanged', () => {
+    const mockDoc = {
+      id: 'test-id',
+      type: 'test-type',
+      attributes: {
+        name: 'Test Name',
+        description: 'Test Description',
+      },
+      references: [],
+    };
+
+    // Call the migrateDataSource function with the mock document
+    const result = migrateDataSource(mockDoc, contextMock);
+
+    // Expect the result to be deeply equal to the mock document
+    expect(result).toEqual(mockDoc);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.ts b/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.ts
index 9404a4bcf371..3f31e7bd14b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_source/server/saved_objects/data_source.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import { SavedObjectsType } from 'opensearch-dashboards/server';
+import { flow } from 'lodash';
+import { SavedObjectMigrationFn, SavedObjectsType } from 'opensearch-dashboards/server';
+
+// create a migration function which return the doc without any changes
+export const migrateDataSource: SavedObjectMigrationFn<any, any> = (doc) => ({
+  ...doc,
+});
 
 export const dataSource: SavedObjectsType = {
   name: 'data-source',
@@ -34,4 +40,7 @@ export const dataSource: SavedObjectsType = {
       },
     },
   },
+  migrations: {
+    '2.4.0': flow(migrateDataSource), // 2.4.0 is the version that introduces the datasource
+  },
 };