diff --git a/packages/app_center/lib/manage/manage_page.dart b/packages/app_center/lib/manage/manage_page.dart
index 5d9e19f50..b409473d6 100644
--- a/packages/app_center/lib/manage/manage_page.dart
+++ b/packages/app_center/lib/manage/manage_page.dart
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ class _ActionButtons extends ConsumerWidget {
         ref.watch(currentlyRefreshAllSnapsProvider).isNotEmpty;
     final hasInternet = updatesModel.value?.hasInternet ?? true;
     final isLoading = updatesModel.isLoading || localSnapsModel.isLoading;
+    final isSilentlyCheckingUpdates =
+        ref.watch(isSilentlyiCheckingUpdatesProvider);
 
     return Wrap(
       spacing: 10,
@@ -250,13 +252,22 @@ class _ActionButtons extends ConsumerWidget {
       crossAxisAlignment: WrapCrossAlignment.center,
       children: [
         PushButton.outlined(
-          onPressed: isRefreshingAll || updatesModel.hasError || isLoading
+          onPressed: isRefreshingAll ||
+                  updatesModel.hasError ||
+                  isLoading ||
+                  isSilentlyCheckingUpdates
               ? null
-              : () => ref.refresh(updatesModelProvider),
+              : ref.read(updatesModelProvider.notifier).silentUpdatesCheck,
           child: Row(
             mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
             children: [
-              const Icon(YaruIcons.sync),
+              isSilentlyCheckingUpdates
+                  ? const SizedBox(
+                      width: 16,
+                      height: 16,
+                      child: YaruCircularProgressIndicator(strokeWidth: 3),
+                    )
+                  : const Icon(YaruIcons.sync),
               const SizedBox(width: 8),
               Flexible(
                 child: Text(
diff --git a/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.dart b/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.dart
index 7e37349f7..bb059f18d 100644
--- a/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.dart
+++ b/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.dart
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class SnapListState with _$SnapListState {
 }
 
 final currentlyRefreshAllSnapsProvider = StateProvider<List<String>>((_) => []);
+final isSilentlyiCheckingUpdatesProvider = StateProvider<bool>((_) => false);
 
 @Riverpod(keepAlive: true)
 bool hasUpdate(HasUpdateRef ref, String snapName) {
@@ -57,13 +58,34 @@ class UpdatesModel extends _$UpdatesModel {
 
   @override
   Future<SnapListState> build() async {
-    final result = await connectionCheck(
+    final result = fetchRefreshableSnaps();
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  Future<void> silentUpdatesCheck() async {
+    ref.read(isSilentlyiCheckingUpdatesProvider.notifier).state = true;
+    try {
+      final newSnapListState = await fetchRefreshableSnaps();
+      final isSameList = const ListEquality().equals(
+        state.valueOrNull?.snaps.toList() ?? [],
+        newSnapListState.snaps.toList(),
+      );
+      if (!isSameList ||
+          newSnapListState.hasInternet != state.valueOrNull?.hasInternet) {
+        state = AsyncData(newSnapListState);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      ref.read(isSilentlyiCheckingUpdatesProvider.notifier).state = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Future<SnapListState> fetchRefreshableSnaps() {
+    return connectionCheck(
       () => _snapd
           .find(filter: SnapFindFilter.refresh)
           .then((snaps) => snaps.where((s) => s.name != kSnapName)),
       ref,
     );
-    return result;
   }
 
   /// Used to remove a snap from the list without reloading the whole provider.
diff --git a/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.g.dart b/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.g.dart
index 5be6ea0d1..c94ecce24 100644
--- a/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.g.dart
+++ b/packages/app_center/lib/manage/updates_model.g.dart
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ final refreshInhibitSnapsProvider =
 );
 
 typedef RefreshInhibitSnapsRef = AutoDisposeFutureProviderRef<List<Snap>>;
-String _$updatesModelHash() => r'2db8a558dfb3f056b73c540bace34e511da987d4';
+String _$updatesModelHash() => r'aed930d535be2a5bf6c0c143004edaf052de909a';
 
 /// See also [UpdatesModel].
 @ProviderFor(UpdatesModel)