diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ListPanel.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ListPanel.java
index bef919f75..a59ec8f5a 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ListPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ListPanel.java
@@ -144,13 +144,15 @@ public class ListPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable {
     scrollPane.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
     table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
     table.setDefaultRenderer(Contribution.class, new ContribStatusRenderer());
-//    table.setFont(ManagerFrame.NORMAL_PLAIN);
     table.setRowHeight(Toolkit.zoom(28));
     table.setRowMargin(Toolkit.zoom(6));
-    table.getColumnModel().setColumnMargin(0);
-    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setMaxWidth(ManagerFrame.STATUS_WIDTH);
-    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(2).setMinWidth(ManagerFrame.AUTHOR_WIDTH);
-    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(2).setMaxWidth(ManagerFrame.AUTHOR_WIDTH);
+
+    TableColumnModel tcm = table.getColumnModel();
+    tcm.setColumnMargin(0);
+    tcm.getColumn(0).setMaxWidth(ManagerFrame.STATUS_WIDTH);
+    tcm.getColumn(2).setMinWidth(ManagerFrame.AUTHOR_WIDTH);
+    tcm.getColumn(2).setMaxWidth(ManagerFrame.AUTHOR_WIDTH);
+
     table.setShowGrid(false);
     table.setColumnSelectionAllowed(false);
     table.setCellSelectionEnabled(false);
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ public class ListPanel extends JPanel implements Scrollable {
     }
     table.getTableHeader().setDefaultRenderer(new ContribHeaderRenderer());
     table.getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false);
+    table.getTableHeader().setResizingAllowed(true);
     table.setVisible(true);
 
     setLayout(new BorderLayout());
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ManagerFrame.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ManagerFrame.java
index 6cef3c724..2bcedc888 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ManagerFrame.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ManagerFrame.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class ManagerFrame {
 
   static final int AUTHOR_WIDTH = Toolkit.zoom(240);
   static final int STATUS_WIDTH = Toolkit.zoom(66);
+  static final int VERSION_WIDTH = Toolkit.zoom(66);
 
   static final String title = "Contribution Manager";
 
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateListPanel.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateListPanel.java
index 2d8ba85ee..b374ab1ba 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateListPanel.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/UpdateListPanel.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 */
 package processing.app.contrib;
 
+import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
+
 
 public class UpdateListPanel extends ListPanel {
   Contribution.Filter contribFilter;
@@ -34,7 +36,15 @@ public class UpdateListPanel extends ListPanel {
           ContributionColumn.INSTALLED_VERSION,
           ContributionColumn.AVAILABLE_VERSION);
 
+    TableColumnModel tcm = table.getColumnModel();
+    tcm.getColumn(3).setMaxWidth(ManagerFrame.VERSION_WIDTH);
+    tcm.getColumn(4).setMaxWidth(ManagerFrame.VERSION_WIDTH);
+
     this.contribFilter = contribFilter;
+    // This is apparently a hack to prevent rows from being sorted by
+    // clicking on the column headers, which makes a mess because this
+    // list has sub-headers for the categories mixed into the list.
+    // However, unfortunately it also breaks column resizing. [fry 220726]
     table.getTableHeader().setEnabled(false);
   }
 
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 807f35b65..23545f8ea 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ X icons in the status bar (using emojis at the moment, now out of place)
 X   console collapse/expand button
 X   copy to clipboard button
 X contribs exclamation looks like an error, not "update available"
+X clean up the updates panel in the manager
 
 manager
 X make ContributionTab.FilterField into a static class