diff --git a/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts b/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
index 51c99b9ca3..a3fc8e7696 100644
--- a/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
+++ b/src/main/getDiForUnitTesting.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import deleteHelmReleaseInjectable from "./helm/helm-service/delete-helm-release
 import getHelmReleaseHistoryInjectable from "./helm/helm-service/get-helm-release-history.injectable";
 import getHelmReleaseValuesInjectable from "./helm/helm-service/get-helm-release-values.injectable";
 import installHelmChartInjectable from "./helm/helm-service/install-helm-chart.injectable";
-import listHelmReleasesInjectable from "./helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable";
 import rollbackHelmReleaseInjectable from "./helm/helm-service/rollback-helm-release.injectable";
 import waitUntilBundledExtensionsAreLoadedInjectable from "./start-main-application/lens-window/application-window/wait-until-bundled-extensions-are-loaded.injectable";
 import { registerMobX } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-extension-for-mobx";
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ export function getDiForUnitTesting(opts: { doGeneralOverrides?: boolean } = {})
       getHelmReleaseHistoryInjectable,
       getHelmReleaseValuesInjectable,
       installHelmChartInjectable,
-      listHelmReleasesInjectable,
       rollbackHelmReleaseInjectable,
       writeJsonFileInjectable,
       readJsonFileInjectable,
diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
index 0d98b6ec44..db8dc0896a 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/helm/helm-release-manager.ts
@@ -6,45 +6,13 @@
 import tempy from "tempy";
 import fse from "fs-extra";
 import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
-import { toCamelCase } from "../../common/utils/camelCase";
 import type { JsonValue } from "type-fest";
-import { isObject, json } from "../../common/utils";
+import { json } from "../../common/utils";
 import { asLegacyGlobalFunctionForExtensionApi } from "../../extensions/as-legacy-globals-for-extension-api/as-legacy-global-function-for-extension-api";
 import execHelmInjectable from "./exec-helm/exec-helm.injectable";
 
 const execHelm = asLegacyGlobalFunctionForExtensionApi(execHelmInjectable);
 
-export async function listReleases(pathToKubeconfig: string, namespace?: string): Promise<Record<string, any>[]> {
-  const args = [
-    "ls",
-    "--all",
-    "--output", "json",
-  ];
-
-  if (namespace) {
-    args.push("-n", namespace);
-  } else {
-    args.push("--all-namespaces");
-  }
-
-  args.push("--kubeconfig", pathToKubeconfig);
-
-  const result = await execHelm(args);
-
-  if (!result.callWasSuccessful) {
-    throw result.error;
-  }
-
-  const output = json.parse(result.response);
-
-  if (!Array.isArray(output) || output.length == 0) {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  return output.filter(isObject).map(toCamelCase);
-}
-
-
 export async function installChart(chart: string, values: JsonValue, name: string | undefined = "", namespace: string, version: string, kubeconfigPath: string) {
   const valuesFilePath = tempy.file({ name: "values.yaml" });
 
diff --git a/src/main/helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts b/src/main/helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts
index f6250f768d..14a27f6ea6 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts
@@ -5,24 +5,23 @@
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import type { Cluster } from "../../../common/cluster/cluster";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../../common/logger.injectable";
-import { listReleases } from "../helm-release-manager";
+import listHelmReleasesInjectable from "../list-helm-releases.injectable";
 
-const listHelmReleasesInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "list-helm-releases",
+const listClusterHelmReleasesInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "list-cluster-helm-releases",
 
   instantiate: (di) => {
     const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectable);
+    const listHelmReleases = di.inject(listHelmReleasesInjectable);
 
     return async (cluster: Cluster, namespace?: string) => {
       const proxyKubeconfig = await cluster.getProxyKubeconfigPath();
 
-      logger.debug("list releases");
+      logger.debug(`[CLUSTER]: listing helm releases for clusterId=${cluster.id}`, { namespace });
 
-      return listReleases(proxyKubeconfig, namespace);
+      return listHelmReleases(proxyKubeconfig, namespace);
     };
   },
-
-  causesSideEffects: true,
 });
 
-export default listHelmReleasesInjectable;
+export default listClusterHelmReleasesInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/helm/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts b/src/main/helm/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff362eb3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/helm/list-helm-releases.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import execHelmInjectable from "./exec-helm/exec-helm.injectable";
+import { isObject, json, toCamelCase } from "../../common/utils";
+
+export type ListHelmReleases = (pathToKubeconfig: string, namespace?: string) => Promise<Record<string, any>[]>;
+
+const listHelmReleasesInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "list-helm-releases",
+  instantiate: (di): ListHelmReleases => {
+    const execHelm = di.inject(execHelmInjectable);
+
+    return async (pathToKubeconfig, namespace) => {
+      const args = [
+        "ls",
+        "--all",
+        "--output", "json",
+      ];
+
+      if (namespace) {
+        args.push("-n", namespace);
+      } else {
+        args.push("--all-namespaces");
+      }
+
+      args.push("--kubeconfig", pathToKubeconfig);
+
+      const result = await execHelm(args);
+
+      if (!result.callWasSuccessful) {
+        throw result.error;
+      }
+
+      const output = json.parse(result.response);
+
+      if (!Array.isArray(output) || output.length == 0) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
+      return output.filter(isObject).map(toCamelCase);
+    };
+  },
+});
+
+export default listHelmReleasesInjectable;
diff --git a/src/main/routes/helm/releases/list-releases-route.injectable.ts b/src/main/routes/helm/releases/list-releases-route.injectable.ts
index 8e9ea1e305..53a4dcb179 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/helm/releases/list-releases-route.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/helm/releases/list-releases-route.injectable.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 import { apiPrefix } from "../../../../common/vars";
 import { getRouteInjectable } from "../../../router/router.injectable";
 import { clusterRoute } from "../../../router/route";
-import listHelmReleasesInjectable from "../../../helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable";
+import listClusterHelmReleasesInjectable from "../../../helm/helm-service/list-helm-releases.injectable";
 
 const listReleasesRouteInjectable = getRouteInjectable({
   id: "list-releases-route",
 
   instantiate: (di) => {
-    const listHelmReleases = di.inject(listHelmReleasesInjectable);
+    const listHelmReleases = di.inject(listClusterHelmReleasesInjectable);
 
     return clusterRoute({
       method: "get",