diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/dashboard-new-feature-item.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/dashboard-new-feature-item.gjs
index bc934f03383..a086209a3e1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/dashboard-new-feature-item.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/addon/components/dashboard-new-feature-item.gjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking";
 import { on } from "@ember/modifier";
 import { action } from "@ember/object";
-import didInsert from "@ember/render-modifiers/modifiers/did-insert";
 import { service } from "@ember/service";
 import { htmlSafe } from "@ember/template";
 import { and, not } from "truth-helpers";
@@ -11,22 +10,15 @@ import DToggleSwitch from "discourse/components/d-toggle-switch";
 import { ajax } from "discourse/lib/ajax";
 import { popupAjaxError } from "discourse/lib/ajax-error";
 import dIcon from "discourse-common/helpers/d-icon";
-import { bind } from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import { i18n } from "discourse-i18n";
 import DTooltip from "float-kit/components/d-tooltip";
 
 export default class DiscourseNewFeatureItem extends Component {
   @service siteSettings;
   @service toasts;
-  @tracked experimentEnabled;
+  @tracked experimentEnabled = this.args.item.experiment_enabled;
   @tracked toggleExperimentDisabled = false;
 
-  @bind
-  initEnabled() {
-    this.experimentEnabled =
-      this.siteSettings[this.args.item.experiment_setting];
-  }
-
   @action
   async toggleExperiment() {
     if (this.toggleExperimentDisabled) {
@@ -68,7 +60,7 @@ export default class DiscourseNewFeatureItem extends Component {
   }
 
   <template>
-    <div class="admin-new-feature-item" {{didInsert this.initEnabled}}>
+    <div class="admin-new-feature-item">
       <div class="admin-new-feature-item__content">
         <div class="admin-new-feature-item__header">
           {{#if (and @item.emoji (not @item.screenshot_url))}}
diff --git a/lib/discourse_updates.rb b/lib/discourse_updates.rb
index b280728740a..07ce3900e82 100644
--- a/lib/discourse_updates.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse_updates.rb
@@ -156,8 +156,14 @@ module DiscourseUpdates
       entries.map! do |item|
         next item if !item["experiment_setting"]
 
-        item["experiment_setting"] = nil if !SiteSetting.respond_to?(item["experiment_setting"]) ||
-          SiteSetting.type_supervisor.get_type(item["experiment_setting"].to_sym) != :bool
+        if !SiteSetting.respond_to?(item["experiment_setting"]) ||
+             SiteSetting.type_supervisor.get_type(item["experiment_setting"].to_sym) != :bool
+          item["experiment_setting"] = nil
+          item["experiment_enabled"] = false
+        else
+          item["experiment_enabled"] = SiteSetting.send(item["experiment_setting"].to_sym) if item
+        end
+
         item
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/discourse_updates_spec.rb b/spec/lib/discourse_updates_spec.rb
index 3b5dd23adba..b53c05e5b47 100644
--- a/spec/lib/discourse_updates_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/discourse_updates_spec.rb
@@ -277,8 +277,11 @@ RSpec.describe DiscourseUpdates do
 
       expect(result.length).to eq(3)
       expect(result[0]["experiment_setting"]).to eq("enable_mobile_theme")
+      expect(result[0]["experiment_enabled"]).to eq(true)
       expect(result[1]["experiment_setting"]).to be_nil
+      expect(result[1]["experiment_enabled"]).to eq(false)
       expect(result[2]["experiment_setting"]).to be_nil
+      expect(result[2]["experiment_enabled"]).to eq(false)
     end
 
     it "correctly shows features when related plugins are installed" do
diff --git a/spec/system/admin_dashboard_new_features_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin_dashboard_new_features_spec.rb
index 553c60e6cef..fc053d8bcb0 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin_dashboard_new_features_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin_dashboard_new_features_spec.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe "Admin New Features Page", type: :system do
     expect(new_features_page).to have_no_screenshot
   end
 
-  it "displays experimental feature toggle" do
+  it "displays experimental feature toggle and has the correct state" do
     DiscourseUpdates.stubs(:new_features).returns(
       [
         {
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ describe "Admin New Features Page", type: :system do
           "created_at" => "2023-11-10T02:52:41.462Z",
           "updated_at" => "2023-11-10T04:28:47.020Z",
           "experiment_setting" => "experimental_form_templates",
+          "experiment_enabled" => true,
         },
       ],
     )
     new_features_page.visit
-    expect(new_features_page).to have_toggle_experiment_button
+    expect(new_features_page).to have_toggle_experiment_button(true)
   end
 
   it "displays experimental text next to feature title when feature is experimental" do
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ describe "Admin New Features Page", type: :system do
           "created_at" => "2023-11-10T02:52:41.462Z",
           "updated_at" => "2023-11-10T04:28:47.020Z",
           "experiment_setting" => "experimental_form_templates",
+          "experiment_enabled" => true,
         },
       ],
     )
diff --git a/spec/system/page_objects/pages/admin_new_features.rb b/spec/system/page_objects/pages/admin_new_features.rb
index 1aefd4ee428..26eece6c335 100644
--- a/spec/system/page_objects/pages/admin_new_features.rb
+++ b/spec/system/page_objects/pages/admin_new_features.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ module PageObjects
         page.has_no_css?(".admin-new-feature-item__screenshot")
       end
 
-      def has_toggle_experiment_button?
-        page.has_css?(".admin-new-feature-item__feature-toggle")
+      def has_toggle_experiment_button?(enabled)
+        page.has_css?(
+          ".admin-new-feature-item__feature-toggle .d-toggle-switch__checkbox[aria-checked='#{enabled}']",
+          visible: false,
+        )
       end
 
       def has_learn_more_link?