diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
index 07accbcc76..b74b17cd88 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManager.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager {
 
     if (!pendingInstallations.isEmpty()) {
       if (restartAfterInstallation) {
-        restart("plugin installation");
+        triggerRestart("plugin installation");
       } else {
         pendingInstallQueue.addAll(pendingInstallations);
         updateMayUninstallFlag();
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager {
     markForUninstall(installed);
 
     if (restartAfterInstallation) {
-      restart("plugin installation");
+      triggerRestart("plugin installation");
     } else {
       updateMayUninstallFlag();
     }
@@ -238,12 +238,19 @@ public class DefaultPluginManager implements PluginManager {
   public void executePendingAndRestart() {
     PluginPermissions.manage().check();
     if (!pendingInstallQueue.isEmpty() || getInstalled().stream().anyMatch(InstalledPlugin::isMarkedForUninstall)) {
-      restart("execute pending plugin changes");
+      triggerRestart("execute pending plugin changes");
     }
   }
 
-  private void restart(String cause) {
-    eventBus.post(new RestartEvent(PluginManager.class, cause));
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  void triggerRestart(String cause) {
+    new Thread(() -> {
+      try {
+        Thread.sleep(200);
+      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      }
+      eventBus.post(new RestartEvent(PluginManager.class, cause));
+    }).start();
   }
 
   private void cancelPending(List<PendingPluginInstallation> pendingInstallations) {
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java
index f817476848..f6aa1d7301 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/plugin/DefaultPluginManagerTest.java
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.TempDirectory;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
-import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import sonia.scm.NotFoundException;
 import sonia.scm.ScmConstraintViolationException;
-import sonia.scm.event.ScmEventBus;
-import sonia.scm.lifecycle.RestartEvent;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -48,9 +45,6 @@ import static sonia.scm.plugin.PluginTestHelper.createInstalled;
 @ExtendWith(TempDirectory.class)
 class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
 
-  @Mock
-  private ScmEventBus eventBus;
-
   @Mock
   private PluginLoader loader;
 
@@ -60,12 +54,13 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
   @Mock
   private PluginInstaller installer;
 
-  @InjectMocks
   private DefaultPluginManager manager;
 
   @Mock
   private Subject subject;
 
+  private boolean restartTriggered = false;
+
   @BeforeEach
   void mockInstaller() {
     lenient().when(installer.install(any())).then(ic -> {
@@ -74,6 +69,16 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
     });
   }
 
+  @BeforeEach
+  void createPluginManagerToTestWithCapturedRestart() {
+    manager = new DefaultPluginManager(null, loader, center, installer) { // event bus is only used in restart and this is replaced here
+      @Override
+      void triggerRestart(String cause) {
+        restartTriggered = true;
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
   @Nested
   class WithAdminPermissions {
 
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
       manager.install("scm-git-plugin", false);
 
       verify(installer).install(git);
-      verify(eventBus, never()).post(any());
+      assertThat(restartTriggered).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -258,7 +263,7 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
       manager.install("scm-git-plugin", true);
 
       verify(installer).install(git);
-      verify(eventBus).post(any(RestartEvent.class));
+      assertThat(restartTriggered).isTrue();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -267,7 +272,7 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
       when(loader.getInstalledPlugins()).thenReturn(ImmutableList.of(gitInstalled));
 
       manager.install("scm-git-plugin", true);
-      verify(eventBus, never()).post(any());
+      assertThat(restartTriggered).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -289,14 +294,14 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
       manager.install("scm-review-plugin", false);
       manager.executePendingAndRestart();
 
-      verify(eventBus).post(any(RestartEvent.class));
+      assertThat(restartTriggered).isTrue();
     }
 
     @Test
     void shouldNotSendRestartEventWithoutPendingPlugins() {
       manager.executePendingAndRestart();
 
-      verify(eventBus, never()).post(any());
+      assertThat(restartTriggered).isFalse();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -447,7 +452,7 @@ class DefaultPluginManagerTest {
 
       manager.executePendingAndRestart();
 
-      verify(eventBus).post(any(RestartEvent.class));
+      assertThat(restartTriggered).isTrue();
     }
 
     @Test