diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/packageview/ContentProviderTests3.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/packageview/ContentProviderTests3.java
index 6e5167e698c..0063b9a5c3a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/packageview/ContentProviderTests3.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/packageview/ContentProviderTests3.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -29,7 +31,10 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.testplugin.JavaProjectHelper;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.testplugin.JavaTestPlugin;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.OperationCanceledException;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFolder;
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IPackageFragment;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IPackageFragmentRoot;
 
+import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.packageview.PackageExplorerContentProvider;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.util.CoreUtility;
 
 
@@ -212,9 +218,25 @@ public void testDeleteBottomLevelFragmentFolding() throws Exception {
 	protected void sendEvent(IJavaElementDelta delta) {
 		IElementChangedListener listener= (IElementChangedListener) fProvider;
 		listener.elementChanged(new ElementChangedEvent(delta, ElementChangedEvent.POST_CHANGE));
-
-		//force events from dispaly
-		while(fMyPart.getTreeViewer().getControl().getDisplay().readAndDispatch()) {
+		CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+		new Thread(new Runnable() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				try {
+					Job.getJobManager().join(PackageExplorerContentProvider.class, new NullProgressMonitor());
+				} catch (OperationCanceledException | InterruptedException e) {
+				}
+				latch.countDown();
+			}
+		}).start();
+		//force events from display
+		try {
+			while(!latch.await(10, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)) {
+				while(fMyPart.getTreeViewer().getControl().getDisplay().readAndDispatch()) {
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (InterruptedException e) {
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 53f1b0d306e..a5dc720767b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Automatic-Module-Name: org.eclipse.jdt.ui
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %pluginName
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.jdt.ui; singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 3.35.100.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 3.35.200.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.JavaPlugin
 Bundle-ActivationPolicy: lazy
 Bundle-Vendor: %providerName
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/pom.xml
index e81c09a1250..fa432d58f4d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   </parent>
   <groupId>org.eclipse.jdt</groupId>
   <artifactId>org.eclipse.jdt.ui</artifactId>
-  <version>3.35.100-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.35.200-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/packageview/PackageExplorerContentProvider.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/packageview/PackageExplorerContentProvider.java
index b04c7603d12..622be96c4e6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/packageview/PackageExplorerContentProvider.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/packageview/PackageExplorerContentProvider.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
 
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job;
 
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFolder;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
@@ -93,6 +96,8 @@ public class PackageExplorerContentProvider extends StandardJavaElementContentPr
 
 	private UIJob fUpdateJob;
 
+	private final DeltaJob fdeltaJob;
+
 	/**
 	 * We use a cache to know whether a package has a single child for the hierarchical representation.
 	 * This avoids looping over all packages for each call to
@@ -107,6 +112,7 @@ public class PackageExplorerContentProvider extends StandardJavaElementContentPr
 	 */
 	public PackageExplorerContentProvider(boolean provideMembers) {
 		super(provideMembers);
+		fdeltaJob= new DeltaJob();
 		fShowLibrariesNode= false;
 		fIsFlatLayout= false;
 		fFoldPackages= arePackagesFoldedInHierarchicalLayout();
@@ -127,6 +133,12 @@ protected Object getViewerInput() {
 
 	@Override
 	public void elementChanged(final ElementChangedEvent event) {
+		IJavaElementDelta delta= event.getDelta();
+		fdeltaJob.queue.add(delta);
+		fdeltaJob.schedule();
+	}
+
+	protected void processDelta(IJavaElementDelta delta) {
 		final ArrayList<Runnable> runnables= new ArrayList<>();
 		try {
 			clearPackageCache();
@@ -136,7 +148,7 @@ public void elementChanged(final ElementChangedEvent event) {
 			if (inputDeleted(runnables))
 				return;
 
-			processDelta(event.getDelta(), runnables);
+			processDelta(delta, runnables);
 		} catch (JavaModelException e) {
 			JavaPlugin.log(e);
 		} finally {
@@ -1006,4 +1018,29 @@ public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent event) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	private final class DeltaJob extends Job {
+		private Queue<IJavaElementDelta> queue= new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
+
+		DeltaJob() {
+			super(PackagesMessages.PackageExplorerContentProvider_update_job_description);
+			setSystem(true);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean belongsTo(Object family) {
+			return family == PackageExplorerContentProvider.class;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected IStatus run(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+
+			IJavaElementDelta delta;
+			while ((delta= queue.poll()) != null) {
+				processDelta(delta);
+			}
+			return Status.OK_STATUS;
+		}
+
+	}
 }