diff --git a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/useMenuSections.js b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/useMenuSections.js
index 31b63d0ca0..880f835275 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/useMenuSections.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-admin/admin/src/containers/LeftMenu/useMenuSections.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useUser } from 'strapi-helper-plugin';
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 import getCtOrStLinks from './utils/getCtOrStLinks';
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@ const useMenuSections = (plugins, shouldUpdateStrapi) => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const { userPermissions } = useUser();
   const { menu: settingsMenu } = useSettingsMenu(true);
+  // We are using a ref because we don't want our effect to have this in its dependencies array
+  const generalSectionLinksRef = useRef(state.generalSectionLinks);
+  const shouldUpdateStrapiRef = useRef(shouldUpdateStrapi);
+  // Since the settingsMenu is not managing any state because of the true argument we can use a ref here
+  // so we don't need to add it to the effect dependencies array
+  const settingsMenuRef = useRef(settingsMenu);
+  // Once in the app lifecycle the plugins should not be added into any dependencies array, in order to prevent
+  // the effect to be run when another plugin is using one plugins internal api for instance
+  // so it's definitely ok to use a ref here
+  const pluginsRef = useRef(plugins);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const resolvePermissions = async () => {
-      const pluginsSectionLinks = toPluginLinks(plugins);
+      const pluginsSectionLinks = toPluginLinks(pluginsRef.current);
       const { authorizedCtLinks, authorizedStLinks, contentTypes } = await getCtOrStLinks(
         userPermissions
       );
@@ -29,9 +39,9 @@ const useMenuSections = (plugins, shouldUpdateStrapi) => {
 
       const authorizedGeneralSectionLinks = await getGeneralLinks(
         userPermissions,
-        state.generalSectionLinks,
-        settingsMenu,
-        shouldUpdateStrapi
+        generalSectionLinksRef.current,
+        settingsMenuRef.current,
+        shouldUpdateStrapiRef.current
       );
 
       dispatch(setCtOrStLinks(authorizedCtLinks, authorizedStLinks, contentTypes));
@@ -40,8 +50,7 @@ const useMenuSections = (plugins, shouldUpdateStrapi) => {
     };
 
     resolvePermissions();
-    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [plugins, userPermissions, dispatch]);
+  }, [userPermissions, dispatch]);
 
   return state;
 };