diff --git a/components/dashboard/src/App.tsx b/components/dashboard/src/App.tsx
index 11c1cb75bddfb0..4923f150b9db43 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/src/App.tsx
+++ b/components/dashboard/src/App.tsx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export function getURLHash() {
 }
 
 function App() {
-    const { user, setUser } = useContext(UserContext);
+    const { user, setUser, refreshUserBillingMode } = useContext(UserContext);
     const { teams, setTeams } = useContext(TeamsContext);
     const { setIsDark } = useContext(ThemeContext);
 
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ function App() {
         }
     }, [user]);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        // Refresh billing mode (side effect on other components per UserContext!)
+        refreshUserBillingMode();
+    }, [teams]);
+
     // redirect to website for any website slugs
     if (isGitpodIo() && isWebsiteSlug(window.location.pathname)) {
         window.location.host = "www.gitpod.io";