diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
index 1a0d137e32b4b625331b8a5110356aab92c9d84c..5741ff5aa8557268b7b1a5be07472b6118f99f58 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
@@ -1350,6 +1350,7 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 	}
 
 	export interface WorkspaceEdit {
+		replaceNotebookMetadata(uri: Uri, value: NotebookDocumentMetadata): void;
 		replaceCells(uri: Uri, start: number, end: number, cells: NotebookCellData[], metadata?: WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata): void;
 		replaceCellOutput(uri: Uri, index: number, outputs: CellOutput[], metadata?: WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata): void;
 		replaceCellMetadata(uri: Uri, index: number, cellMetadata: NotebookCellMetadata, metadata?: WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata): void;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts
index d8e199ac0adae963f0b6eedfb5caa38953503b07..71d1e9400857bd02aa6c337401b7e1b960329449 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/mainThreadEditors.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function reviveWorkspaceEditDto2(data: IWorkspaceEditDto | undefined): ResourceE
 		} else if (edit._type === WorkspaceEditType.Text) {
 			result.push(new ResourceTextEdit(edit.resource, edit.edit, edit.modelVersionId, edit.metadata));
 		} else if (edit._type === WorkspaceEditType.Cell) {
-			result.push(new ResourceNotebookCellEdit(edit.resource, edit.edit, edit.modelVersionId, edit.metadata));
+			result.push(new ResourceNotebookCellEdit(edit.resource, edit.edit, edit.notebookMetadata, edit.notebookVersionId, edit.metadata));
 		}
 	}
 	return result;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
index 94cbcab2a903cc30c837748001131b2345a80b51..172c3111ff7e2976eb14d21a81bbe3e133ae189a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHost.protocol.ts
@@ -1274,8 +1274,9 @@ export interface IWorkspaceTextEditDto {
 export interface IWorkspaceCellEditDto {
 	_type: WorkspaceEditType.Cell;
 	resource: UriComponents;
-	edit: ICellEditOperation;
-	modelVersionId?: number;
+	edit?: ICellEditOperation;
+	notebookMetadata?: NotebookDocumentMetadata;
+	notebookVersionId?: number;
 	metadata?: IWorkspaceEditEntryMetadataDto;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypeConverters.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypeConverters.ts
index e5df10e69f8ad83f5cd404120a6a984cf366375f..da9bd09b20acee745683389a4b0fdd871df72f0c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypeConverters.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypeConverters.ts
@@ -537,10 +537,11 @@ export namespace WorkspaceEdit {
 				} else if (entry._type === types.FileEditType.Cell) {
 					result.edits.push(<extHostProtocol.IWorkspaceCellEditDto>{
 						_type: extHostProtocol.WorkspaceEditType.Cell,
+						metadata: entry.metadata,
 						resource: entry.uri,
 						edit: entry.edit,
-						metadata: entry.metadata,
-						modelVersionId: notebooks?.lookupNotebookDocument(entry.uri)?.notebookDocument.version
+						notebookMetadata: entry.notebookMetadata,
+						notebookVersionId: notebooks?.lookupNotebookDocument(entry.uri)?.notebookDocument.version
 					});
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts
index d832779db22566de7fcaf0c0b8496346748a39a5..94638701e4f44982e633affc8d6e3260698817cf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTypes.ts
@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ export interface IFileTextEdit {
 export interface IFileCellEdit {
 	_type: FileEditType.Cell;
 	uri: URI;
-	edit: ICellEditOperation;
+	edit?: ICellEditOperation;
+	notebookMetadata?: vscode.NotebookDocumentMetadata;
 	metadata?: vscode.WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata;
 }
 
@@ -629,7 +630,11 @@ export class WorkspaceEdit implements vscode.WorkspaceEdit {
 		this._edits.push({ _type: FileEditType.File, from: uri, to: undefined, options, metadata });
 	}
 
-	// --- cell
+	// --- notebook
+
+	replaceNotebookMetadata(uri: URI, value: vscode.NotebookDocumentMetadata, metadata?: vscode.WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata): void {
+		this._edits.push({ _type: FileEditType.Cell, metadata, uri, notebookMetadata: value });
+	}
 
 	replaceCells(uri: URI, start: number, end: number, cells: vscode.NotebookCellData[], metadata?: vscode.WorkspaceEditEntryMetadata): void {
 		this._edits.push({ _type: FileEditType.Cell, metadata, uri, edit: { editType: CellEditType.Replace, index: start, count: end - start, cells: cells.map(cell => ({ ...cell, outputs: cell.outputs.map(output => addIdToOutput(output)) })) } });
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkCellEdits.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkCellEdits.ts
index 5def1d910c2ab7d20e27f6a24e9c38242b3db2d0..41ab95fd25efbfdf99ee951d1d2fd8f8c8f8e125 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkCellEdits.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/bulkEdit/browser/bulkCellEdits.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { URI } from 'vs/base/common/uri';
 import { ResourceEdit } from 'vs/editor/browser/services/bulkEditService';
 import { WorkspaceEditMetadata } from 'vs/editor/common/modes';
 import { IProgress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
-import { ICellEditOperation } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon';
+import { ICellEditOperation, NotebookDocumentMetadata } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookCommon';
 import { INotebookEditorModelResolverService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookEditorModelResolverService';
 import { INotebookService } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/common/notebookService';
 
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export class ResourceNotebookCellEdit extends ResourceEdit {
 
 	constructor(
 		readonly resource: URI,
-		readonly cellEdit: ICellEditOperation,
+		readonly cellEdit?: ICellEditOperation,
+		readonly notebookMetadata?: NotebookDocumentMetadata,
 		readonly versionId?: number,
 		readonly metadata?: WorkspaceEditMetadata
 	) {
@@ -48,10 +49,22 @@ export class BulkCellEdits {
 			// 	throw new Error(`Notebook '${first.resource}' has changed in the meantime`);
 			// }
 
+			const edits: ICellEditOperation[] = [];
+			let newMetadata: NotebookDocumentMetadata | undefined;
+			for (let edit of group) {
+				if (edit.cellEdit) {
+					edits.push(edit.cellEdit);
+				}
+				newMetadata = edit.notebookMetadata ?? newMetadata;
+			}
+
+			// set metadata
+			if (newMetadata) {
+				ref.object.notebook.updateNotebookMetadata(newMetadata);
+			}
 			// apply edits
-			const cellEdits = group.map(edit => edit.cellEdit);
-			this._notebookService.transformEditsOutputs(ref.object.notebook, cellEdits);
-			ref.object.notebook.applyEdit(ref.object.notebook.versionId, cellEdits, true);
+			this._notebookService.transformEditsOutputs(ref.object.notebook, edits);
+			ref.object.notebook.applyEdit(ref.object.notebook.versionId, edits, true);
 			ref.dispose();
 
 			this._progress.report(undefined);