diff --git a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/InstalledPackagesPage.cs b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/InstalledPackagesPage.cs
index c7db88f6ec..17bd0182db 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/InstalledPackagesPage.cs
+++ b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/InstalledPackagesPage.cs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ private static async Task LaunchUninstallThenReinstall(IPackage? package)
         reinstallOp.OperationFailed += (_, _) => TelemetryHandler.InstallPackage(package, TEL_OP_RESULT.FAILED, TEL_InstallReferral.ALREADY_INSTALLED);
         AvaloniaOperationRegistry.Add(uninstallOp);
         AvaloniaOperationRegistry.Add(reinstallOp);
-        _ = uninstallOp.MainThread();
+        // uninstallOp runs as reinstallOp's prerequisite; launching it directly too would execute it twice concurrently
         _ = reinstallOp.MainThread();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/SoftwareUpdatesPage.cs b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/SoftwareUpdatesPage.cs
index 594f750560..fa7bfe845b 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/SoftwareUpdatesPage.cs
+++ b/src/UniGetUI.Avalonia/Views/SoftwarePages/SoftwareUpdatesPage.cs
@@ -363,12 +363,13 @@ private static async Task LaunchUninstallThenUpdate(IPackage? package)
         var uninstallOp = new UninstallPackageOperation(package, uninstallOpts);
         uninstallOp.OperationSucceeded += (_, _) => TelemetryHandler.UninstallPackage(package, TEL_OP_RESULT.SUCCESS);
         uninstallOp.OperationFailed += (_, _) => TelemetryHandler.UninstallPackage(package, TEL_OP_RESULT.FAILED);
-        var updateOp = new UpdatePackageOperation(package, updateOpts, req: uninstallOp);
+        // Once uninstalled the package is gone, so the second step must install the new version fresh; a plain update would fail with "no installed package found".
+        var updateOp = new InstallPackageOperation(package, updateOpts, req: uninstallOp);
         updateOp.OperationSucceeded += (_, _) => TelemetryHandler.UpdatePackage(package, TEL_OP_RESULT.SUCCESS);
         updateOp.OperationFailed += (_, _) => TelemetryHandler.UpdatePackage(package, TEL_OP_RESULT.FAILED);
         AvaloniaOperationRegistry.Add(uninstallOp);
         AvaloniaOperationRegistry.Add(updateOp);
-        _ = uninstallOp.MainThread();
+        // uninstallOp runs as updateOp's prerequisite; launching it directly too would execute it twice concurrently
         _ = updateOp.MainThread();
     }