diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 00c003fc77..c7a129d471 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ opensearchplugin {
     name 'opensearch-security'
     description 'Provide access control related features for OpenSearch'
     classname 'org.opensearch.security.OpenSearchSecurityPlugin'
-    extendedPlugins = ['workload-management;optional=true', 'rule-framework']
+    extendedPlugins = ['workload-management;optional=true', 'rule-framework', 'opensearch-dashboards']
 }
 
 // This requires an additional Jar not published as part of build-tools
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.github.seancfoley:ipaddress:5.5.1"
     compileOnly "org.opensearch.plugin:workload-management-wlm-spi:${opensearch_version}"
     compileOnly "org.opensearch.plugin:autotagging-commons-spi:${opensearch_version}"
+    compileOnly "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-dashboards:${opensearch_version}"
 
     // Action privileges: check tables and compact collections
     implementation 'com.selectivem.collections:special-collections-complete:1.4.0'
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/PrivilegesInterceptorImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/PrivilegesInterceptorImpl.java
index e362c7a8eb..c9e632cace 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/PrivilegesInterceptorImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/PrivilegesInterceptorImpl.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexNameExpressionResolver;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.opensearch.dashboards.action.WriteAdvancedSettingsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.security.privileges.DashboardsMultiTenancyConfiguration;
 import org.opensearch.security.privileges.DocumentAllowList;
 import org.opensearch.security.privileges.PrivilegesEvaluationContext;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ public ReplaceResult replaceDashboardsIndex(
             && resolveToDashboardsIndexOrAlias(requestedResolved, dashboardsIndexName);
         final boolean isTraceEnabled = log.isTraceEnabled();
 
-        TenantPrivileges.ActionType actionType = getActionTypeForAction(action);
+        TenantPrivileges.ActionType actionType = getActionTypeForAction(action, request);
 
         if (requestedTenant == null || requestedTenant.length() == 0) {
             if (isTraceEnabled) {
@@ -232,7 +233,14 @@ private void applyDocumentAllowList(String indexName) {
         documentAllowList.applyTo(threadPool.getThreadContext());
     }
 
-    static TenantPrivileges.ActionType getActionTypeForAction(String action) {
+    static TenantPrivileges.ActionType getActionTypeForAction(String action, ActionRequest request) {
+        if (request instanceof WriteAdvancedSettingsRequest wasa) {
+            if (wasa.isCreateOperation()) {
+                return TenantPrivileges.ActionType.READ;
+            } else {
+                return TenantPrivileges.ActionType.ADMIN;
+            }
+        }
         if (READ_ONLY_ALLOWED_ACTIONS.contains(action)) {
             return TenantPrivileges.ActionType.READ;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/DocumentAllowList.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/DocumentAllowList.java
index 6e41857737..6684decf61 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/DocumentAllowList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/DocumentAllowList.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public boolean isEmpty() {
     }
 
     public void applyTo(ThreadContext threadContext) {
-        if (!isEmpty()) {
+        if (!isEmpty() && threadContext.getHeader(ConfigConstants.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_DOC_ALLOWLIST_HEADER) != null) {
             threadContext.putHeader(ConfigConstants.OPENDISTRO_SECURITY_DOC_ALLOWLIST_HEADER, toString());
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/TenantPrivileges.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/TenantPrivileges.java
index 9320abfb45..9924ee1f9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/TenantPrivileges.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/privileges/TenantPrivileges.java
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public class TenantPrivileges {
      */
     public enum ActionType {
         READ,
-        WRITE;
+        WRITE,
+        ADMIN;
     }
 
     public static final TenantPrivileges EMPTY = new TenantPrivileges(
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public enum ActionType {
 
     private static final List<ActionType> READ = ImmutableList.of(ActionType.READ);
     private static final List<ActionType> READ_WRITE = ImmutableList.of(ActionType.READ, ActionType.WRITE);
+    private static final List<ActionType> READ_WRITE_ADMIN = ImmutableList.of(ActionType.READ, ActionType.WRITE, ActionType.ADMIN);
 
     private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(TenantPrivileges.class);
 
@@ -245,7 +247,9 @@ public Map<String, Boolean> tenantMap(PrivilegesEvaluationContext context) {
 
     static List<ActionType> resolveActionType(Collection<String> allowedActions, FlattenedActionGroups actionGroups) {
         ImmutableSet<String> permissions = actionGroups.resolve(allowedActions);
-        if (permissions.contains("kibana:saved_objects/*/write")) {
+        if (permissions.contains("osd:admin/advanced_settings/write")) {
+            return READ_WRITE_ADMIN;
+        } else if (permissions.contains("kibana:saved_objects/*/write")) {
             return READ_WRITE;
         } else {
             return READ;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static_config/static_action_groups.yml b/src/main/resources/static_config/static_action_groups.yml
index e1d3e0aece..6d7588a9f8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static_config/static_action_groups.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/static_config/static_action_groups.yml
@@ -8,14 +8,26 @@ kibana_all_write:
   static: true
   allowed_actions:
   - "kibana:saved_objects/*/write"
+  - "osd:admin/advanced_settings/get"
+  - "osd:admin/advanced_settings/write"
   type: "kibana"
-  description: "Allow writing in all OpenSearch Dashboards apps"
+  description: "Allow writing in all OpenSearch Dashboards apps including advanced settings"
+kibana_only_write:
+  reserved: true
+  hidden: false
+  static: true
+  allowed_actions:
+  - "kibana:saved_objects/*/write"
+  - "osd:admin/advanced_settings/get"
+  type: "kibana"
+  description: "Allow writing in OpenSearch Dashboards apps except config (advanced settings)"
 kibana_all_read:
   reserved: true
   hidden: false
   static: true
   allowed_actions:
   - "kibana:saved_objects/*/read"
+  - "osd:admin/advanced_settings/get"
   type: "kibana"
   description: "Allow reading in all OpenSearch Dashboards apps"
 cluster_all:
diff --git a/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh b/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh
index d3a3ae8f75..e28414416a 100755
--- a/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh
+++ b/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ if [ ! -x "$JAVA" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-"$JAVA" -Dorg.apache.logging.log4j.simplelog.StatusLogger.level=OFF -cp "$DIR/../*:$DIR/../../../lib/*:$DIR/../deps/*" org.opensearch.security.tools.democonfig.Installer "$DIR" "$@" 2>/dev/null
+"$JAVA" -Dorg.apache.logging.log4j.simplelog.StatusLogger.level=OFF -cp "$DIR/../*:$OPENSEARCH_HOME/lib/*:$OPENSEARCH_HOME/modules/opensearch-dashboards/*" org.opensearch.security.tools.democonfig.Installer "$DIR" "$@" 2>/dev/null