diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
index 29dcf0645cef..2c1c7236c912 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/PlatformExtensions.xml
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
     <applicationConfigurable groupId="appearance" groupWeight="110" displayName="Notifications" instance="com.intellij.notification.impl.NotificationsConfigurable"/>
 
     <!-- Plugins -->
-    <applicationConfigurable groupId="appearance" groupWeight="130" instance="com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerConfigurable" id="preferences.pluginManager"
+    <applicationConfigurable groupId="root" groupWeight="55" instance="com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManagerConfigurable" id="preferences.pluginManager"
                              displayName="Plugins"/>
     <actionFromOptionDescriptorProvider implementation="com.intellij.ide.plugins.InstalledPluginsManagerMain$PluginsActionFromOptionDescriptorProvider"/>
     <applicationConfigurable parentId="preferences.general" instance="com.intellij.util.net.HttpProxyConfigurable" id="http.proxy" displayName="HTTP Proxy"/>