diff --git a/bin/update-plugins.sh b/bin/update-plugins.sh
index c929fc1a..3cf17eb7 100755
--- a/bin/update-plugins.sh
+++ b/bin/update-plugins.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ java -jar "${TMP_DIR}/jenkins-plugin-manager.jar" -f plugins.txt --available-upd
 
 mv plugins2.txt plugins.txt
 
+## Generate a patch without comments removal(s)
+# the first sed removes the comments removal(s) from the patch
+# the second sed fixes the patch by keeping the same amount of context before and after, since plugins are only updated and not removed with this script
+git diff  -p --stat plugins.txt | sed -r 's/-#/ #/' | sed -r 's/@@ -([0-9]+),([0-9]+) \+([0-9]+),[0-9]+/@@ -\1,\2 +\3,\2/' > patch-plugins-only.txt
+# Restore plugins.txt and apply the modified patch
+git restore plugins.txt
+git apply patch-plugins-only.txt
+# Remove the patch
+rm patch-plugins-only.txt
+
 git diff plugins.txt
 
 echo "Updating plugins complete"