diff --git a/crates/collab/src/db.rs b/crates/collab/src/db.rs
index 08e502a42f..7db1faea9f 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/db.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/db.rs
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ pub struct ExtensionMetadata {
     pub name: String,
     pub version: String,
     pub authors: Vec<String>,
+    pub description: String,
     pub repository: String,
     #[serde(serialize_with = "serialize_iso8601")]
     pub published_at: PrimitiveDateTime,
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/db/queries/extensions.rs b/crates/collab/src/db/queries/extensions.rs
index ba135a0bd5..6d2ea7fd01 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/db/queries/extensions.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/db/queries/extensions.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ impl Database {
                             .split(',')
                             .map(|author| author.trim().to_string())
                             .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+                        description: version.description,
                         repository: version.repository,
                         published_at: version.published_at,
                         download_count: extension.total_download_count as u64,
diff --git a/crates/collab/src/db/tests/extension_tests.rs b/crates/collab/src/db/tests/extension_tests.rs
index 8963ffcbe9..8844a68480 100644
--- a/crates/collab/src/db/tests/extension_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/collab/src/db/tests/extension_tests.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 name: "Extension One".into(),
                 version: "0.0.2".into(),
                 authors: vec!["max".into(), "marshall".into()],
+                description: "a good extension".into(),
                 repository: "ext1/repo".into(),
                 published_at: t0,
                 download_count: 0,
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 name: "Extension Two".into(),
                 version: "0.2.0".into(),
                 authors: vec!["marshall".into()],
+                description: "a great extension".into(),
                 repository: "ext2/repo".into(),
                 published_at: t0,
                 download_count: 0
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 name: "Extension Two".into(),
                 version: "0.2.0".into(),
                 authors: vec!["marshall".into()],
+                description: "a great extension".into(),
                 repository: "ext2/repo".into(),
                 published_at: t0,
                 download_count: 7
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 name: "Extension One".into(),
                 version: "0.0.2".into(),
                 authors: vec!["max".into(), "marshall".into()],
+                description: "a good extension".into(),
                 repository: "ext1/repo".into(),
                 published_at: t0,
                 download_count: 5,
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 vec![NewExtensionVersion {
                     name: "Extension Two".into(),
                     version: semver::Version::parse("0.1.0").unwrap(),
-                    description: "an old  extension".into(),
+                    description: "an old extension".into(),
                     authors: vec!["marshall".into()],
                     repository: "ext2/repo".into(),
                     published_at: t0,
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 name: "Extension Two".into(),
                 version: "0.2.0".into(),
                 authors: vec!["marshall".into()],
+                description: "a great extension".into(),
                 repository: "ext2/repo".into(),
                 published_at: t0,
                 download_count: 7
@@ -210,6 +215,7 @@ async fn test_extensions(db: &Arc<Database>) {
                 name: "Extension One".into(),
                 version: "0.0.3".into(),
                 authors: vec!["max".into(), "marshall".into()],
+                description: "a real good extension".into(),
                 repository: "ext1/repo".into(),
                 published_at: t0,
                 download_count: 5,