diff --git a/elementary/monitor/api/alerts/alert_filters.py b/elementary/monitor/api/alerts/alert_filters.py
index d2dddbb8f..47a9daef8 100644
--- a/elementary/monitor/api/alerts/alert_filters.py
+++ b/elementary/monitor/api/alerts/alert_filters.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def _filter_alerts_by_owner(
 
     filtered_alerts = []
     for alert in alerts:
-        raw_owners = alert.owners
+        raw_owners = alert.unified_owners
         alert_owners = (
             try_load_json(raw_owners) if isinstance(raw_owners, str) else raw_owners
         )
diff --git a/elementary/monitor/fetchers/alerts/schema/pending_alerts.py b/elementary/monitor/fetchers/alerts/schema/pending_alerts.py
index 7bea37213..4f3a5c936 100644
--- a/elementary/monitor/fetchers/alerts/schema/pending_alerts.py
+++ b/elementary/monitor/fetchers/alerts/schema/pending_alerts.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ALERTS_CONFIG_KEY = "alerts_config"
 CHANNEL_KEY = "channel"
 DESCRIPTION_KEY = "description"
-OWNERS_KEY = "owners"
+OWNER_KEY = "owner"
 SUBSCRIBERS_KEY = "subscribers"
 ALERT_FIELDS_KEY = "alert_fields"
 ALERT_SUPPRESSION_INTERVAL_KEY = "alert_suppression_interval"
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class BasePendingAlertSchema(BaseModel):
     database_name: Optional[str] = None
     schema_name: str
     tags: Optional[List[str]] = None
+    owners: Optional[List[str]] = None
     model_meta: Optional[Dict] = None
     suppression_status: str
     sent_at: Optional[datetime] = None
@@ -54,8 +55,11 @@ def group_alerts_by(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self.unified_meta.get(GROUP_ALERTS_BY_KEY)
 
     @property
-    def owners(self) -> List[str]:
-        return self._get_alert_meta_attrs(OWNERS_KEY)
+    def unified_owners(self) -> List[str]:
+        # Make sure we return both meta defined owners and config defined owners.
+        config_owners = self.owners or []
+        meta_owners = self._get_alert_meta_attrs(OWNER_KEY)
+        return list(set(config_owners + meta_owners))
 
     @property
     def subscribers(self) -> List[str]:
@@ -77,6 +81,10 @@ def validate_model_meta(cls, model_meta: Optional[Dict]) -> Dict:
     def validate_tags(cls, tags: Optional[Union[List[str], str]]):
         return unpack_and_flatten_and_dedup_list_of_strings(tags)
 
+    @validator("owners", pre=True, always=True)
+    def validate_owners(cls, owners: Optional[Union[List[str], str]]):
+        return unpack_and_flatten_and_dedup_list_of_strings(owners)
+
     @staticmethod
     def _flatten_meta(meta: Optional[Dict] = None) -> Dict:
         return flatten_dict_by_key(meta, ALERTS_CONFIG_KEY) if meta else dict()
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ def format_alert(
             detected_at=self.detected_at,
             database_name=self.database_name,
             schema_name=self.schema_name,
-            owners=self.owners,
+            owners=self.unified_owners,
             tags=self.tags,
             subscribers=self.subscribers,
             status=self.status,
@@ -245,7 +253,7 @@ def format_alert(
             detected_at=self.detected_at,
             database_name=self.database_name,
             schema_name=self.schema_name,
-            owners=self.owners,
+            owners=self.unified_owners,
             tags=self.tags,
             subscribers=self.subscribers,
             status=self.status,
@@ -304,7 +312,7 @@ def format_alert(
             detected_at=self.detected_at,
             database_name=self.database_name,
             schema_name=self.schema_name,
-            owners=self.owners,
+            owners=self.unified_owners,
             tags=self.tags,
             subscribers=self.subscribers,
             status=self.status,
diff --git a/tests/unit/monitor/api/alerts/test_alert_filters.py b/tests/unit/monitor/api/alerts/test_alert_filters.py
index b9805f043..67acbfc4d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/monitor/api/alerts/test_alert_filters.py
+++ b/tests/unit/monitor/api/alerts/test_alert_filters.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             test_name="test_1",
             test_created_at="2022-10-10 10:10:10",
             tags='["one", "two"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff", "john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff", "john"]'),
             status="fail",
             elementary_unique_id="elementary.model_id_1.test_id_1.9cf2f5f6ad.None.generic",
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             test_name="test_2",
             test_created_at="2022-10-10 09:10:10",
             tags='["three"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff", "john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff", "john"]'),
             status="fail",
             elementary_unique_id="elementary.model_id_1.test_id_2.9cf2f5f6ad.None.generic",
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             test_created_at="2022-10-10 10:10:10",
             # invalid tag
             tags="one",
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["john"]'),
             status="fail",
             elementary_unique_id="elementary.model_id_1.test_id_3.9cf2f5f6ad.None.generic",
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             test_name="test_4",
             test_created_at="2022-10-10 09:10:10",
             tags='["three", "four"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff"]'),
             status="warn",
             elementary_unique_id="elementary.model_id_1.test_id_4.9cf2f5f6ad.None.generic",
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
             alert_suppression_interval=0,
             tags='["one", "two"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff", "john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff", "john"]'),
             status="error",
             database_name="test_db",
             schema_name="test_schema",
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             detected_at="2022-10-10 09:00:00",
             alert_suppression_interval=3,
             tags='["three"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["john"]'),
             status="error",
             database_name="test_db",
             schema_name="test_schema",
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             detected_at="2022-10-10 08:00:00",
             alert_suppression_interval=1,
             tags='["three", "four"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff"]'),
             status="skipped",
             database_name="test_db",
             schema_name="test_schema",
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
             alert_suppression_interval=0,
             tags='["one", "two"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff", "john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff", "john"]'),
             status="error",
             normalized_status="fail",
             snapshotted_at="2023-08-15T12:26:06.884065+00:00",
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
             alert_suppression_interval=0,
             tags='["one", "two"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff", "john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff", "john"]'),
             status="warn",
             normalized_status="warn",
             snapshotted_at="2023-08-15T12:26:06.884065+00:00",
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def initial_alerts():
             detected_at="2022-10-10 10:00:00",
             alert_suppression_interval=0,
             tags='["one", "two"]',
-            model_meta=dict(owners='["jeff", "john"]'),
+            model_meta=dict(owner='["jeff", "john"]'),
             status="runtime error",
             normalized_status="error",
             snapshotted_at="2023-08-15T12:26:06.884065+00:00",