diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/PluginPackageManager.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/PluginPackageManager.tsx
index 407aa6e5b45..ed31601397c 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/PluginPackageManager.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/PluginPackageManager.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   mutateUninstallPluginPackages,
   mutateUpdatePluginPackages,
   pluginMutationImpactedQueries,
+  isLoading,
 } from "src/core/StashService";
 import { useMonitorJob } from "src/utils/job";
 import {
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ export const InstalledPluginPackages: React.FC = () => {
   const [jobID, setJobID] = useState<string>();
   const { job } = useMonitorJob(jobID, () => onPackageChanges());
 
-  const { data, previousData, refetch, loading, error } =
+  const { data, previousData, refetch, networkStatus, error } =
     useInstalledPluginPackages(loadUpgrades);
 
+  const loading = isLoading(networkStatus);
+
   async function onUpdatePackages(packages: GQL.PackageSpecInput[]) {
     const r = await mutateUpdatePluginPackages(packages);
 
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/ScraperPackageManager.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/ScraperPackageManager.tsx
index 4d35aef0537..cb6858610b0 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/ScraperPackageManager.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Settings/ScraperPackageManager.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   mutateUninstallScraperPackages,
   mutateInstallScraperPackages,
   scraperMutationImpactedQueries,
+  isLoading,
 } from "src/core/StashService";
 import { useMonitorJob } from "src/utils/job";
 import {
@@ -25,9 +26,11 @@ export const InstalledScraperPackages: React.FC = () => {
   const [jobID, setJobID] = useState<string>();
   const { job } = useMonitorJob(jobID, () => onPackageChanges());
 
-  const { data, previousData, refetch, loading, error } =
+  const { data, previousData, refetch, networkStatus, error } =
     useInstalledScraperPackages(loadUpgrades);
 
+  const loading = isLoading(networkStatus);
+
   async function onUpdatePackages(packages: GQL.PackageSpecInput[]) {
     const r = await mutateUpdateScraperPackages(packages);
 
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/PackageManager/PackageManager.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/PackageManager/PackageManager.tsx
index 2c36704cf1a..2a95307160c 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/PackageManager/PackageManager.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/Shared/PackageManager/PackageManager.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ function filterPackages<T extends IPackage>(packages: T[], filter: string) {
 
 export type InstalledPackage = Omit<GQL.Package, "requires">;
 
+function hasUpgrade(pkg: InstalledPackage) {
+  if (!pkg.date || !pkg.source_package?.date) return false;
+
+  const pkgDate = new Date(pkg.date);
+  const upgradeDate = new Date(pkg.source_package.date);
+  return upgradeDate > pkgDate;
+}
+
 const InstalledPackageRow: React.FC<{
   loading?: boolean;
   pkg: InstalledPackage;
@@ -75,11 +83,7 @@ const InstalledPackageRow: React.FC<{
 
   const updateAvailable = useMemo(() => {
     if (!updatesLoaded) return false;
-    if (!pkg.date || !pkg.source_package?.date) return false;
-
-    const pkgDate = new Date(pkg.date);
-    const upgradeDate = new Date(pkg.source_package.date);
-    return upgradeDate > pkgDate;
+    return hasUpgrade(pkg);
   }, [updatesLoaded, pkg]);
 
   return (
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ const InstalledPackagesList: React.FC<{
   packages: InstalledPackage[];
   checkedPackages: InstalledPackage[];
   setCheckedPackages: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<InstalledPackage[]>>;
+  upgradableOnly: boolean;
 }> = ({
   filter,
   packages,
@@ -132,6 +137,7 @@ const InstalledPackagesList: React.FC<{
   updatesLoaded,
   loading,
   error,
+  upgradableOnly,
 }) => {
   const checkedMap = useMemo(() => {
     const map: Record<string, boolean> = {};
@@ -146,8 +152,10 @@ const InstalledPackagesList: React.FC<{
   }, [checkedPackages, packages]);
 
   const filteredPackages = useMemo(() => {
-    return filterPackages(packages, filter);
-  }, [filter, packages]);
+    return filterPackages(packages, filter).filter((pkg) => {
+      return !updatesLoaded || !upgradableOnly || hasUpgrade(pkg);
+    });
+  }, [packages, filter, updatesLoaded, upgradableOnly]);
 
   function toggleAllChecked() {
     setCheckedPackages(allChecked ? [] : packages.slice());
@@ -179,10 +187,13 @@ const InstalledPackagesList: React.FC<{
     }
 
     if (filteredPackages.length === 0) {
+      const id = upgradableOnly
+        ? "package_manager.no_upgradable"
+        : "package_manager.no_packages";
       return (
         <tr className="package-manager-no-results">
           <td colSpan={1000}>
-            <FormattedMessage id="package_manager.no_packages" />
+            <FormattedMessage id={id} />
           </td>
         </tr>
       );
@@ -242,6 +253,9 @@ const InstalledPackagesToolbar: React.FC<{
   onCheckForUpdates: () => void;
   onUpdatePackages: () => void;
   onUninstallPackages: () => void;
+
+  upgradableOnly: boolean;
+  setUpgradableOnly: (v: boolean) => void;
 }> = ({
   loading,
   checkedPackages,
@@ -250,8 +264,11 @@ const InstalledPackagesToolbar: React.FC<{
   onUninstallPackages,
   filter,
   setFilter,
+  upgradableOnly,
+  setUpgradableOnly,
 }) => {
   const intl = useIntl();
+
   return (
     <div className="package-manager-toolbar">
       <ClearableInput
@@ -259,6 +276,15 @@ const InstalledPackagesToolbar: React.FC<{
         value={filter}
         setValue={(v) => setFilter(v)}
       />
+      {upgradableOnly && (
+        <Button
+          size="sm"
+          variant="primary"
+          onClick={() => setUpgradableOnly(!upgradableOnly)}
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage id="package_manager.show_all" />
+        </Button>
+      )}
       <div className="flex-grow-1" />
       <Button
         variant="primary"
@@ -306,11 +332,28 @@ export const InstalledPackages: React.FC<{
     []
   );
   const [filter, setFilter] = useState("");
+  const [upgradableOnly, setUpgradableOnly] = useState(true);
   const [uninstalling, setUninstalling] = useState(false);
 
+  // sort packages so that those with updates are at the top
+  const sortedPackages = useMemo(() => {
+    return packages.slice().sort((a, b) => {
+      const aHasUpdate = hasUpgrade(a);
+      const bHasUpdate = hasUpgrade(b);
+
+      if (aHasUpdate && !bHasUpdate) return -1;
+      if (!aHasUpdate && bHasUpdate) return 1;
+
+      // sort by name
+      return a.package_id.localeCompare(b.package_id);
+    });
+  }, [packages]);
+
   const filteredPackages = useMemo(() => {
-    return filterPackages(checkedPackages, filter);
-  }, [checkedPackages, filter]);
+    return filterPackages(checkedPackages, filter).filter((pkg) => {
+      return !updatesLoaded || !upgradableOnly || hasUpgrade(pkg);
+    });
+  }, [checkedPackages, filter, updatesLoaded, upgradableOnly]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setCheckedPackages((prev) => {
@@ -330,6 +373,12 @@ export const InstalledPackages: React.FC<{
     setUninstalling(false);
   }
 
+  function checkForUpdates() {
+    // reset to only show upgradable packages
+    setUpgradableOnly(true);
+    onCheckForUpdates();
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       <AlertModal
@@ -349,19 +398,22 @@ export const InstalledPackages: React.FC<{
           setFilter={(f) => setFilter(f)}
           loading={loading}
           checkedPackages={filteredPackages}
-          onCheckForUpdates={onCheckForUpdates}
+          onCheckForUpdates={() => checkForUpdates()}
           onUpdatePackages={() => onUpdatePackages(filteredPackages)}
           onUninstallPackages={() => setUninstalling(true)}
+          upgradableOnly={updatesLoaded && upgradableOnly}
+          setUpgradableOnly={(v) => setUpgradableOnly(v)}
         />
         <InstalledPackagesList
           filter={filter}
           loading={loading}
           error={error}
-          packages={packages}
+          packages={sortedPackages}
           // use original checked packages so that check boxes are not affected by filter
           checkedPackages={checkedPackages}
           setCheckedPackages={setCheckedPackages}
           updatesLoaded={updatesLoaded}
+          upgradableOnly={upgradableOnly}
         />
       </div>
     </>
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts b/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts
index 9dd7054d586..8ff6e388a72 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/core/StashService.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   ApolloCache,
   DocumentNode,
   FetchResult,
+  NetworkStatus,
   useQuery,
 } from "@apollo/client";
 import { Modifiers } from "@apollo/client/cache";
@@ -93,6 +94,16 @@ function deleteObject(
   cache.evict({ id: cache.identify(obj) });
 }
 
+export function isLoading(networkStatus: NetworkStatus) {
+  // useQuery hook loading field only returns true when initially loading the query
+  // and not during subsequent fetches
+  return (
+    networkStatus === NetworkStatus.loading ||
+    networkStatus === NetworkStatus.fetchMore ||
+    networkStatus === NetworkStatus.refetch
+  );
+}
+
 /// Object queries
 
 export const useFindScene = (id: string) => {
diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/locales/en-GB.json b/ui/v2.5/src/locales/en-GB.json
index bfddf088599..11b6e8b70c4 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/locales/en-GB.json
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/locales/en-GB.json
@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@
     "latest_version": "Latest Version",
     "no_packages": "No packages found",
     "no_sources": "No sources configured",
+    "no_upgradable": "No upgradable packages found",
     "package": "Package",
     "required_by": "Required by {packages}",
     "selected_only": "Selected only",