diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.test.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.test.ts
index 77a5ba0a804..1194884333a 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.test.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,41 @@ describe('applyNotebookOperations', () => {
     ])
   })
 
+  it('resets the insert offset for an anchor cell once it gets moved', () => {
+    // cell-1 gets an insert right after it, then cell-1 itself moves after cell-3. A later
+    // insert anchored on cell-1 must land right after its *new* position — the first insert
+    // stayed behind at cell-1's old spot, so it shouldn't count toward this offset anymore.
+    const notebook: NotebookWire = {
+      schema_version: 1,
+      cells: [
+        { _tag: 'markdown_cell', _id: 'cell-1', text: '1' },
+        { _tag: 'markdown_cell', _id: 'cell-2', text: '2' },
+        { _tag: 'markdown_cell', _id: 'cell-3', text: '3' },
+        { _tag: 'markdown_cell', _id: 'cell-4', text: '4' },
+      ],
+    }
+    const ops: NotebookOperation[] = [
+      {
+        _tag: 'insert_cell',
+        after_cell_id: 'cell-1',
+        cell: { _tag: 'markdown_cell', text: 'first' },
+      },
+      { _tag: 'move_cell', cell_id: 'cell-1', after_cell_id: 'cell-3' },
+      {
+        _tag: 'insert_cell',
+        after_cell_id: 'cell-1',
+        cell: { _tag: 'markdown_cell', text: 'second' },
+      },
+    ]
+
+    const result = applyNotebookOperations(notebook, ops)
+
+    expect(result.success).toBe(true)
+    if (!result.success) return
+    const texts = result.notebook.cells.map((cell) => ('text' in cell ? cell.text : undefined))
+    expect(texts).toEqual(['first', '2', '3', '1', 'second', '4'])
+  })
+
   it('resolves a move anchored on another moved cell using its new position', () => {
     // cell-1 moves after cell-3 first, landing at [cell-2, cell-3, cell-1]; cell-2 then moves
     // after cell-1's *new* position, giving [cell-3, cell-1, cell-2].
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.ts
index 60d2dcb27d2..2a2b0404de4 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/notebooks/notebook-operations.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ export function deriveNotebookDiff(
         }
 
         entries.splice(found.index, 1)
+        // Cells already inserted after this anchor stay behind at its old position, so a
+        // later insert anchored on it should start counting from its new position again.
+        insertedAfter.delete(operation.cell_id)
         const error = insertAfter(operation.after_cell_id, {
           _tag: 'moved',
           cell: found.cell,