diff --git a/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-relations/wp-relations.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-relations/wp-relations.component.ts
index b1f93d9f1718..ffd5323c82f9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-relations/wp-relations.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-relations/wp-relations.component.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ export class WorkPackageRelationsComponent extends UntilDestroyedMixin implement
       .events$
       .pipe(
         filter((e:RelatedWorkPackageEvent) => {
-          return e.eventType === 'association' && e.id.toString() === this.workPackage.id?.toString();
+          return e.eventType === 'association'
+            && e.id.toString() === this.workPackage.id?.toString()
+            && e.relationType !== 'parent';
         }),
         debounceTime(500),
         this.untilDestroyed(),