diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
index 47fb4280..2cd9496c 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -346,9 +346,10 @@ return {
       return false
     end,
   },
+
   {
     "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",
-    event = "VimEnter",
+    lazy = false, -- As https://github.com/nvimdev/dashboard-nvim/pull/450, dashboard-nvim shouldn't be lazy-loaded to properly handle stdin.
     opts = function()
       local logo = [[
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