diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef24ff39..b100fb9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /.classpath
 /.project
 /work
+/.idea/
 *~
 # IntelliJ project files
 *.iml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 786416f1..04c35271 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,11 +126,16 @@
 			<groupId>io.jenkins.plugins</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ionicons-api</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins.pipeline-stage-view</groupId>
+			<artifactId>pipeline-rest-api</artifactId>
+			<version>2.10</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<jenkins.version>2.346.1</jenkins.version>
+		<jenkins.version>2.346.3</jenkins.version>
 		<!-- 		<jenkins-test-harness.version>2.13</jenkins-test-harness.version> -->
 	</properties>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/thinbackup/ThinBackupMgmtLink.java b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/thinbackup/ThinBackupMgmtLink.java
index d3fa1e14..964fd278 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/thinbackup/ThinBackupMgmtLink.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/plugins/thinbackup/ThinBackupMgmtLink.java
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
  */
 package org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.thinbackup;
 
+import com.cloudbees.workflow.util.ServeJson;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
+import hudson.Extension;
+import hudson.model.ManagementLink;
+import hudson.model.TaskListener;
+import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
+import jenkins.util.Timer;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.thinbackup.restore.HudsonRestore;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.thinbackup.utils.Utils;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
+
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -25,18 +38,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
-import org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.thinbackup.restore.HudsonRestore;
-import org.jvnet.hudson.plugins.thinbackup.utils.Utils;
-import org.kohsuke.stapler.QueryParameter;
-import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
-import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
-
-import hudson.Extension;
-import hudson.model.ManagementLink;
-import hudson.model.TaskListener;
-import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
-import jenkins.util.Timer;
 
 /**
  * A backup solution for Hudson. Backs up configuration files from Hudson and its jobs.
@@ -182,6 +183,12 @@ public List<String> getAvailableBackups() {
     return Utils.getBackupsAsDates(new File(plugin.getExpandedBackupPath()));
   }
 
+
+  @ServeJson
+  public List<String> doAvailableBackups() {
+    return getAvailableBackups();
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Name of the category for this management link. Exists so that plugins with core dependency pre-dating the version
    * when this was introduced can define a category.
@@ -193,5 +200,6 @@ public List<String> getAvailableBackups() {
   @NonNull
   public Category getCategory() {
     return Category.TOOLS;
+
   }
 }