diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts
index a8b0832c9428bda3aec00a8158479fa4bb0b41f3..7321ec0f33b5f528be1a5248017df435fb589f8c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/contrib/coreActions.ts
@@ -1298,7 +1298,8 @@ registerAction2(class InsertMarkdownCellAboveAction extends InsertCellCommand {
 				}
 			},
 			CellKind.Markup,
-			'above');
+			'above',
+			true);
 	}
 });
 
@@ -1314,7 +1315,8 @@ registerAction2(class InsertMarkdownCellBelowAction extends InsertCellCommand {
 				}
 			},
 			CellKind.Markup,
-			'below');
+			'below',
+			true);
 	}
 });