diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/appentry.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/appentry.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/appentry.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/appentry.cpp
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@
             timeStamp = QX11Info::appUserTime();
         }
 #endif
-        KRun::runService(*m_service, {}, 0, true /* temp URLs forces KRun to not block*/);
+
+        // TODO Once we depend on KDE Frameworks 5.24 and D1902 is merged, use KRun::runApplication instead
+        KRun::runService(*m_service, {}, nullptr, true, {}, KStartupInfo::createNewStartupIdForTimestamp(timeStamp));
 
         KActivities::ResourceInstance::notifyAccessed(QUrl("applications:" + m_service->storageId()),
             "org.kde.plasma.kicker");
diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/recentusagemodel.cpp
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@
         }
 #endif
 
-        new KRun(QUrl::fromLocalFile(service->entryPath()), 0, true,
-            KStartupInfo::createNewStartupIdForTimestamp(timeStamp));
+        // TODO Once we depend on KDE Frameworks 5.24 and D1902 is merged, use KRun::runApplication instead
+        KRun::runService(*service, {}, nullptr, true, {}, KStartupInfo::createNewStartupIdForTimestamp(timeStamp));
 
         KActivities::ResourceInstance::notifyAccessed(QUrl("applications:" + storageId),
             "org.kde.plasma.kicker");