diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/__tests__/data-store.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/__tests__/data-store.service.test.ts
index c8ff611ba53..2fd4a94a02e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/__tests__/data-store.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/__tests__/data-store.service.test.ts
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ describe('dataStore', () => {
 			const result = await dataStoreService.insertRows(dataStoreId, project1.id, rows);
 
 			// ASSERT
-			expect(result).toBe(true);
+			expect(tresult).toBe(true);
 
 			const { count, data } = await dataStoreService.getManyRowsAndCount(
 				dataStoreId,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store-rows.repository.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store-rows.repository.ts
index 23b39ce8fca..a7ace504cb7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store-rows.repository.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store-rows.repository.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ export class DataStoreRowsRepository {
 		columns: DataStoreColumn[],
 	) {
 		const dbType = this.dataSource.options.type;
-		await this.dataSource.query.apply(
+		return (await this.dataSource.query.apply(
 			this.dataSource,
 			buildInsertQuery(tableName, rows, columns, dbType),
-		);
-		return true;
+		)) as number;
 	}
 
 	async upsertRows(
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store.controller.ts b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store.controller.ts
index 6a9592080b8..eae82220834 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/modules/data-store/data-store.controller.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,9 @@ export class DataStoreController {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @returns the IDs of the inserted rows
+	 */
 	@Post('/:dataStoreId/insert')
 	@ProjectScope('dataStore:writeRow')
 	async appendDataStoreRows(