diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx
index a321bc7959c5c..2df6bdb376919 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/dashboard_app_controller.tsx
@@ -431,8 +431,9 @@ export class DashboardAppController {
               .getIncomingEmbeddablePackage();
             if (incomingState) {
               if ('id' in incomingState) {
-                container.addNewEmbeddable<EmbeddableInput>(incomingState.type, {
+                container.addOrUpdateEmbeddable<SavedObjectEmbeddableInput>(incomingState.type, {
                   savedObjectId: incomingState.id,
+                  id: incomingState.embeddableIdToReplace,
                 });
               } else if ('input' in incomingState) {
                 const input = incomingState.input;
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ export class DashboardAppController {
                 const explicitInput = {
                   savedVis: input,
                 };
-                container.addNewEmbeddable<EmbeddableInput>(incomingState.type, explicitInput);
+                container.addOrUpdateEmbeddable<EmbeddableInput>(incomingState.type, explicitInput);
               }
             }
           }
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/embeddable/dashboard_container.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/embeddable/dashboard_container.tsx
index f1ecd0f221926..ff74580ba256b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/embeddable/dashboard_container.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/application/embeddable/dashboard_container.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../kibana_react/public';
 import { PLACEHOLDER_EMBEDDABLE } from './placeholder';
 import { PanelPlacementMethod, IPanelPlacementArgs } from './panel/dashboard_panel_placement';
-import { EmbeddableStateTransfer } from '../../../../embeddable/public';
+import { EmbeddableStateTransfer, EmbeddableOutput } from '../../../../embeddable/public';
 
 export interface DashboardContainerInput extends ContainerInput {
   viewMode: ViewMode;
@@ -159,29 +159,55 @@ export class DashboardContainer extends Container<InheritedChildInput, Dashboard
         [placeholderPanelState.explicitInput.id]: placeholderPanelState,
       },
     });
-    newStateComplete.then((newPanelState: Partial<PanelState>) => {
-      const finalPanels = { ...this.input.panels };
-      delete finalPanels[placeholderPanelState.explicitInput.id];
-      const newPanelId = newPanelState.explicitInput?.id
-        ? newPanelState.explicitInput.id
-        : uuid.v4();
-      finalPanels[newPanelId] = {
-        ...placeholderPanelState,
-        ...newPanelState,
-        gridData: {
-          ...placeholderPanelState.gridData,
-          i: newPanelId,
-        },
+    newStateComplete.then((newPanelState: Partial<PanelState>) =>
+      this.replacePanel(placeholderPanelState, newPanelState)
+    );
+  }
+
+  public replacePanel(
+    previousPanelState: DashboardPanelState<EmbeddableInput>,
+    newPanelState: Partial<PanelState>
+  ) {
+    // TODO: In the current infrastructure, embeddables in a container do not react properly to
+    // changes. Removing the existing embeddable, and adding a new one is a temporary workaround
+    // until the container logic is fixed.
+    const finalPanels = { ...this.input.panels };
+    delete finalPanels[previousPanelState.explicitInput.id];
+    const newPanelId = newPanelState.explicitInput?.id ? newPanelState.explicitInput.id : uuid.v4();
+    finalPanels[newPanelId] = {
+      ...previousPanelState,
+      ...newPanelState,
+      gridData: {
+        ...previousPanelState.gridData,
+        i: newPanelId,
+      },
+      explicitInput: {
+        ...newPanelState.explicitInput,
+        id: newPanelId,
+      },
+    };
+    this.updateInput({
+      panels: finalPanels,
+      lastReloadRequestTime: new Date().getTime(),
+    });
+  }
+
+  public async addOrUpdateEmbeddable<
+    EEI extends EmbeddableInput = EmbeddableInput,
+    EEO extends EmbeddableOutput = EmbeddableOutput,
+    E extends IEmbeddable<EEI, EEO> = IEmbeddable<EEI, EEO>
+  >(type: string, explicitInput: Partial<EEI>) {
+    if (explicitInput.id && this.input.panels[explicitInput.id]) {
+      this.replacePanel(this.input.panels[explicitInput.id], {
+        type,
         explicitInput: {
-          ...newPanelState.explicitInput,
-          id: newPanelId,
+          ...explicitInput,
+          id: uuid.v4(),
         },
-      };
-      this.updateInput({
-        panels: finalPanels,
-        lastReloadRequestTime: new Date().getTime(),
       });
-    });
+    } else {
+      this.addNewEmbeddable<EEI, EEO, E>(type, explicitInput);
+    }
   }
 
   public render(dom: HTMLElement) {