diff --git a/python/pluginResources/intellij.python.community.impl.xml b/python/pluginResources/intellij.python.community.impl.xml
index d1b3c9e56146..81ac244c237e 100644
--- a/python/pluginResources/intellij.python.community.impl.xml
+++ b/python/pluginResources/intellij.python.community.impl.xml
@@ -1141,6 +1141,7 @@
               icon="com.intellij.icons.AllIcons.Actions.Install"/>
       <separator/>
 
+      <add-to-group group-id="EditorContextBarMenu" anchor="first"/>
       <add-to-group group-id="ExternalSystemView.ProjectMenu" anchor="last"/>
       <add-to-group group-id="RunContextGroup"/>
     </group>
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/PythonPackageManagerAction.kt b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/PythonPackageManagerAction.kt
index 3a90d05eb071..fe89debe5360 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/PythonPackageManagerAction.kt
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/PythonPackageManagerAction.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.application.edtWriteAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.ModuleUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareAction
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.NlsContexts
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
 import com.intellij.python.pyproject.PY_PROJECT_TOML
 import com.jetbrains.python.errorProcessing.ErrorSink
@@ -106,3 +107,9 @@ internal fun PythonPackageManager.isRunLocked(): Boolean {
   return CancellableJobSerialRunner.isRunLocked(this.sdk)
 }
 
+internal suspend fun <V> PythonPackageManager.runSynchronized(
+  title: @NlsContexts.ProgressTitle String,
+  runnable: suspend () -> PyResult<V>,
+): PyResult<V> {
+  return CancellableJobSerialRunner.run(this.project, this.sdk, title, runnable)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUI.kt b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUI.kt
index 1fdb98a450e3..25e3ead9e2cc 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUI.kt
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUI.kt
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ class PythonPackageManagerUI(val manager: PythonPackageManager, val sink: ErrorS
   @ApiStatus.Internal
   suspend fun <T> executeCommand(
     progressTitle: @Nls String,
-    operation: suspend (() -> PyResult<T>?),
-  ): T? = PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers.runPackagingOperationMaybeBackground(manager.project, sink, progressTitle) {
+    operation: suspend (() -> PyResult<T>),
+  ): T? = PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers.runPackagingOperationMaybeBackground(manager, sink, progressTitle) {
 
     operation()
   }
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers.kt b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers.kt
index 436d6665fb2d..314bda313e2f 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers.kt
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/packaging/management/ui/PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers.kt
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 package com.jetbrains.python.packaging.management.ui
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.EDT
-import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.Balloon
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.popup.JBPopupFactory
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.NlsContexts
-import com.intellij.platform.ide.progress.withBackgroundProgress
 import com.intellij.ui.awt.RelativePoint
 import com.intellij.util.ui.JBUI
 import com.jetbrains.python.errorProcessing.ErrorSink
@@ -14,6 +12,8 @@ import com.jetbrains.python.errorProcessing.PyResult
 import com.jetbrains.python.errorProcessing.emit
 import com.jetbrains.python.getOrNull
 import com.jetbrains.python.onFailure
+import com.jetbrains.python.packaging.management.PythonPackageManager
+import com.jetbrains.python.packaging.management.runSynchronized
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import javax.swing.JLabel
@@ -21,26 +21,14 @@ import javax.swing.UIManager
 
 internal object PythonPackageManagerUIHelpers {
   suspend fun <T> runPackagingOperationMaybeBackground(
-    project: Project,
+    manager: PythonPackageManager,
     errorSink: ErrorSink?,
     @NlsContexts.ProgressTitle title: String,
-    operation: suspend (() -> PyResult<T>?),
-  ): T? = withBackgroundProgress(project = project, title, cancellable = true) {
-    runPackagingOperationMaybeShowErrorDialog(errorSink, project) {
-      withContext(Dispatchers.Default) {
-        operation()
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private suspend fun <T> runPackagingOperationMaybeShowErrorDialog(
-    errorSink: ErrorSink?,
-    project: Project,
-    operation: suspend (() -> PyResult<T>?),
+    operation: suspend (() -> PyResult<T>),
   ): T? {
-    val pyResult = operation() ?: return null
+    val pyResult = manager.runSynchronized(title, operation)
     return pyResult.onFailure {
-      errorSink?.emit(it, project)
+      errorSink?.emit(it, manager.project)
     }.getOrNull()
   }