diff --git a/community-resources/resources/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml b/community-resources/resources/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml
index 309e07162452..435b487b393f 100644
--- a/community-resources/resources/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml
+++ b/community-resources/resources/idea/IdeaApplicationInfo.xml
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@
   <icon svg="/openide.svg" svg-small="/openide_16.svg"/>
   <icon-eap svg="/openide-eap.svg" svg-small="/openide-eap_16.svg"/>
   <names product="OpenIDE" fullname="OpenIDE" script="openide" motto="Capable and Ergonomic IDE for JVM"/>
+
+  <essential-plugin>ru.openide.pro.updater</essential-plugin>
 </component>
diff --git a/openide/src/ru/openide/OpenIdePluginBundler.kt b/openide/src/ru/openide/OpenIdePluginBundler.kt
index d15d69966704..b061bba35df7 100644
--- a/openide/src/ru/openide/OpenIdePluginBundler.kt
+++ b/openide/src/ru/openide/OpenIdePluginBundler.kt
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ object OpenIdePluginBundler {
 
   private val plugins = listOf(
     PluginInfo("com.haulmont.intellij.rupack", "ru_pack"),
-    PluginInfo("com.haulmont.amplicode", "amplicode")
+    PluginInfo("com.haulmont.amplicode", "amplicode"),
+    PluginInfo("ru.openide.pro.updater", "updater")
   )
 
   fun getBundlePluginPaths(context: BuildContext): List<Path> {