diff --git a/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/files/ac9ef2b6.patch b/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/files/ac9ef2b6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..108fa8c124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/files/ac9ef2b6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+From ac9ef2b66d4be08cbf6a1702ee92641b80e50974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Noah Davis <noahadvs@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 05:50:26 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] kickoff: Replace Kicker DragHelper with Qt Quick Drag
+
+Originally, I thought it wasn't possible to use Qt Quick Drag here, but
+then I found out I could use Item::grabToImage()'s function callback
+parameter to set Drag.imageSource.
+
+BUG: 443708
+---
+ .../contents/ui/KickoffItemDelegate.qml       | 25 +++++++------------
+ .../package/contents/ui/KickoffSingleton.qml  | 11 --------
+ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItemDelegate.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItemDelegate.qml
+index bb2bc1185..c77b07111 100644
+--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItemDelegate.qml
++++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffItemDelegate.qml
+@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ T.ItemDelegate {
+         maximumLineCount: 1
+     }
+ 
++    Drag.active: mouseArea.drag.active
++    Drag.dragType: Drag.Automatic
++    Drag.mimeData: { "text/uri-list" : root.url }
++
+     MouseArea {
+         id: mouseArea
+         parent: root
+@@ -201,16 +205,6 @@ T.ItemDelegate {
+             minimumY: 0
+             maximumY: root.view ? Math.min(root.view.contentHeight - root.height, root.view.availableHeight - root.height) : root.y
+         }
+-        Binding {
+-            target: KickoffSingleton; when: root.dragActive
+-            property: "dragSource"; value: root
+-            restoreMode: Binding.RestoreBindingOrValue
+-        }
+-        Binding {
+-            target: KickoffSingleton.dragHelper; when: root.dragActive
+-            property: "dragIconSize"; value: root.icon.height
+-            restoreMode: Binding.RestoreBindingOrValue
+-        }
+         // Using onPositionChanged instead of onEntered to prevent changing
+         // categories while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
+         onPositionChanged: {
+@@ -223,6 +217,11 @@ T.ItemDelegate {
+             // built into QQuickListView::setCurrentIndex() already
+             root.view.currentIndex = index
+         }
++        onPressed: if (root.dragEnabled && root.Drag.imageSource == "") {
++            iconItem.grabToImage((result) => {
++                return root.Drag.imageSource = result.url
++            })
++        }
+         onClicked: if (mouse.button === Qt.LeftButton) {
+             root.forceActiveFocus(Qt.MouseFocusReason)
+             root.action.trigger() // clicked() is emmitted when action is triggered
+@@ -277,15 +276,9 @@ T.ItemDelegate {
+             indicator = null
+         }
+     }
+-
+-    // NOTE: Not using Drag attached properties because we're using DragHelper instead.
+-    // Drag doesn't support QIcons for the imageSource, only URLs.
+     onDragActiveChanged: if (dragActive) {
+         dragStartPosition = Qt.point(x,y)
+         dragStartIndex = index
+-        // Fixes warning: "Passing incompatible arguments to C++ functions from JavaScript is dangerous and deprecated."
+-        //const url = root.url ? root.url : ""
+-        KickoffSingleton.dragHelper.startDrag(root, url, decoration)
+     } else if (dragStartIndex === index) {
+         x = dragStartPosition.x
+         y = dragStartPosition.y
+diff --git a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffSingleton.qml b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffSingleton.qml
+index 3e1ff50db..d77e40bf5 100644
+--- a/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffSingleton.qml
++++ b/applets/kickoff/package/contents/ui/KickoffSingleton.qml
+@@ -45,17 +45,6 @@ Item {
+     }
+     //END
+ 
+-    //BEGIN Drag and Drop elements
+-    property Item dragSource: null
+-    // We have to use DragHelper here because the models use QIcons for the decoration role.
+-    // DragHelper supports QIcons and Drag.imageSource only supports urls.
+-    readonly property Kicker.DragHelper dragHelper: Kicker.DragHelper {
+-        id: dragHelper
+-        dragIconSize: PlasmaCore.Units.iconSizes.medium
+-        onDropped: dragSource = null
+-    }
+-    //END
+-
+     //BEGIN UI elements
+     // Set in FullRepresentation.qml
+     property Item header: null
+-- 
+GitLab
+
diff --git a/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/pspec.xml
index 3f28340e49..c3fb4ea254 100755
--- a/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/plasma/plasma-desktop/pspec.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
             <Dependency>libXcursor-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
-<!--             <Patch level="1">plasma-desktop-animation-duration.patch</Patch> -->
+            <Patch level="1">ac9ef2b6.patch</Patch>
         </Patches>
     </Source>
 
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="53">
+            <Date>2021-10-18</Date>
+            <Version>5.23.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Rebuild.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="52">
             <Date>2021-10-14</Date>
             <Version>5.23.0</Version>