diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
index 2128e12c9c..967176c2e4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/external.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ import { context, events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { isRows, isSchema, parse } from "../../../utilities/schema"
 import {
   BulkImportRequest,
+  BulkImportResponse,
   Datasource,
+  FieldSchema,
   ManyToManyRelationshipFieldMetadata,
   ManyToOneRelationshipFieldMetadata,
   OneToManyRelationshipFieldMetadata,
@@ -385,7 +387,9 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   return tableToDelete
 }
 
-export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx<BulkImportRequest>) {
+export async function bulkImport(
+  ctx: UserCtx<BulkImportRequest, BulkImportResponse>
+) {
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.params.tableId)
   const { rows } = ctx.request.body
   const schema = table.schema
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
index e1956e33c0..44f673f284 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { isExternalTable, isSQL } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import { events } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   BulkImportRequest,
+  BulkImportResponse,
   FetchTablesResponse,
   SaveTableRequest,
   SaveTableResponse,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import {
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
 import { jsonFromCsvString } from "../../../utilities/csv"
 import { builderSocket } from "../../../websockets"
-import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
+import { cloneDeep, isEqual } from "lodash"
 
 function pickApi({ tableId, table }: { tableId?: string; table?: Table }) {
   if (table && !tableId) {
@@ -98,9 +99,17 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: UserCtx) {
   builderSocket?.emitTableDeletion(ctx, deletedTable)
 }
 
-export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx<BulkImportRequest>) {
+export async function bulkImport(
+  ctx: UserCtx<BulkImportRequest, BulkImportResponse>
+) {
   const tableId = ctx.params.tableId
-  await pickApi({ tableId }).bulkImport(ctx)
+  let tableBefore = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
+  let tableAfter = await pickApi({ tableId }).bulkImport(ctx)
+
+  if (!isEqual(tableBefore, tableAfter)) {
+    await sdk.tables.saveTable(tableAfter)
+  }
+
   // right now we don't trigger anything for bulk import because it
   // can only be done in the builder, but in the future we may need to
   // think about events for bulk items
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
index 11be19a8a7..eeb4a9eb5f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/internal.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { runStaticFormulaChecks } from "./bulkFormula"
 import {
   BulkImportRequest,
+  BulkImportResponse,
   RenameColumn,
   SaveTableRequest,
   SaveTableResponse,
@@ -207,7 +208,9 @@ export async function destroy(ctx: any) {
   return tableToDelete
 }
 
-export async function bulkImport(ctx: UserCtx<BulkImportRequest>) {
+export async function bulkImport(
+  ctx: UserCtx<BulkImportRequest, BulkImportResponse>
+) {
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(ctx.params.tableId)
   const { rows, identifierFields } = ctx.request.body
   await handleDataImport(ctx.user, table, rows, identifierFields)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
index 061e7a7217..ded54729b9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import { events, context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import {
   FieldType,
@@ -6,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   RelationshipType,
   Table,
   ViewCalculation,
+  AutoFieldSubTypes,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { checkBuilderEndpoint } from "./utilities/TestFunctions"
 import * as setup from "./utilities"
@@ -188,6 +188,36 @@ describe("/tables", () => {
         1
       )
     })
+
+    it("should update Auto ID field after bulk import", async () => {
+      const table = await config.createTable({
+        name: "TestTable",
+        type: "table",
+        schema: {
+          autoId: {
+            name: "id",
+            type: FieldType.NUMBER,
+            subtype: AutoFieldSubTypes.AUTO_ID,
+            autocolumn: true,
+            constraints: {
+              type: "number",
+              presence: false,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      let row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+      expect(row.autoId).toEqual(1)
+
+      await config.api.row.bulkImport(table._id!, {
+        rows: [{ autoId: 2 }],
+        identifierFields: [],
+      })
+
+      row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+      expect(row.autoId).toEqual(3)
+    })
   })
 
   describe("fetch", () => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
index adeb96a593..bb880bb7da 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {
   Row,
   ValidateResponse,
   ExportRowsRequest,
+  BulkImportRequest,
+  BulkImportResponse,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
@@ -123,6 +125,19 @@ export class RowAPI extends TestAPI {
     return request
   }
 
+  bulkImport = async (
+    tableId: string,
+    body: BulkImportRequest,
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ): Promise<BulkImportResponse> => {
+    let request = this.request
+      .post(`/api/tables/${tableId}/import`)
+      .send(body)
+      .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
+      .expect(expectStatus)
+    return (await request).body
+  }
+
   search = async (
     sourceId: string,
     { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
index 8fb0297a9e..cb5faaa9ea 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/table.ts
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ export interface BulkImportRequest {
   rows: Row[]
   identifierFields?: Array<string>
 }
+
+export interface BulkImportResponse {
+  message: string
+}