diff --git a/pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-lib/pkg/gui/by-list.rkt b/pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-lib/pkg/gui/by-list.rkt
index 156b135414..554486787c 100644
--- a/pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-lib/pkg/gui/by-list.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-pkgs/gui-pkg-manager-lib/pkg/gui/by-list.rkt
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
                         (lambda ()
                           (apply
                            (if first-inst pkg-update-command pkg-install-command)
+                           #:deps 'search-auto
                            #:scope (and first-inst
                                         (car first-inst))
                            names)))