diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts
index 667c89d6223..e6c9b460916 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/helpers.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { gt } from 'semver';
 import { PluginSignatureStatus, dateTimeParse, PluginError } from '@grafana/data';
-import { CatalogPlugin, LocalPlugin, RemotePlugin } from './types';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
+import { getBackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
+import { Settings } from 'app/core/config';
+import { CatalogPlugin, LocalPlugin, RemotePlugin } from './types';
 
 export function isGrafanaAdmin(): boolean {
   return config.bootData.user.isGrafanaAdmin;
@@ -221,3 +223,11 @@ function groupErrorsByPluginId(errors: PluginError[] = []): Record<string, Plugi
     return byId;
   }, {} as Record<string, PluginError | undefined>);
 }
+
+// Updates the core Grafana config to have the correct list available panels
+export const updatePanels = () =>
+  getBackendSrv()
+    .get('/api/frontend/settings')
+    .then((settings: Settings) => {
+      config.panels = settings.panels;
+    });
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/actions.ts
index 67db4275c71..33eba69813e 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/admin/state/actions.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { StoreState, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
 import { importPanelPlugin } from 'app/features/plugins/plugin_loader';
 import { getCatalogPlugins, getPluginDetails, installPlugin, uninstallPlugin } from '../api';
 import { STATE_PREFIX } from '../constants';
+import { updatePanels } from '../helpers';
 import { CatalogPlugin } from '../types';
 
 export const fetchAll = createAsyncThunk(`${STATE_PREFIX}/fetchAll`, async (_, thunkApi) => {
@@ -28,16 +29,16 @@ export const fetchDetails = createAsyncThunk(`${STATE_PREFIX}/fetchDetails`, asy
   }
 });
 
+// We are also using the install API endpoint to update the plugin
 export const install = createAsyncThunk(
   `${STATE_PREFIX}/install`,
   async ({ id, version, isUpdating = false }: { id: string; version: string; isUpdating?: boolean }, thunkApi) => {
     const changes = isUpdating ? { isInstalled: true, hasUpdate: false } : { isInstalled: true };
     try {
       await installPlugin(id, version);
-      return {
-        id,
-        changes,
-      } as Update<CatalogPlugin>;
+      await updatePanels();
+
+      return { id, changes } as Update<CatalogPlugin>;
     } catch (e) {
       return thunkApi.rejectWithValue('Unknown error.');
     }
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ export const install = createAsyncThunk(
 export const uninstall = createAsyncThunk(`${STATE_PREFIX}/uninstall`, async (id: string, thunkApi) => {
   try {
     await uninstallPlugin(id);
+    await updatePanels();
+
     return {
       id,
       changes: { isInstalled: false },