diff --git a/gradle/changelog/plugin_center_logo.yaml b/gradle/changelog/plugin_center_logo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e8b2877b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/plugin_center_logo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: changed
+  description: SCM-Manager icon in the plugin center has a transparent background ([#1936](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1936))
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/images/blibTransparentBG.png b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/images/blibTransparentBG.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c77905a8f6
Binary files /dev/null and b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/public/images/blibTransparentBG.png differ
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/plugins/components/PluginAvatar.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/plugins/components/PluginAvatar.tsx
index 13517528c6..5cd692798d 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/plugins/components/PluginAvatar.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/admin/plugins/components/PluginAvatar.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default class PluginAvatar extends React.Component<Props> {
             plugin
           }}
         >
-          <Image src={plugin.avatarUrl ? plugin.avatarUrl : "/images/blib.jpg"} alt="Logo" />
+          <Image src={plugin.avatarUrl ? plugin.avatarUrl : "/images/blibTransparentBG.png"} alt="Logo" />
         </ExtensionPoint>
       </BoundingBox>
     );