diff --git a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/components/diagram-editor.tsx b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/components/diagram-editor.tsx
index 0676c3e6fa2..aa5352d2415 100644
--- a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/components/diagram-editor.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/components/diagram-editor.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { DataModelingState } from '../store/reducer';
 import {
   addNewFieldToCollection,
   moveCollection,
+  moveMultipleCollections,
   onAddNestedField,
   selectCollection,
   selectRelationship,
@@ -171,6 +172,9 @@ const DiagramContent: React.FunctionComponent<{
     source: 'side_panel' | 'diagram'
   ) => void;
   onMoveCollection: (ns: string, newPosition: [number, number]) => void;
+  onMoveMultipleCollections: (
+    newPositions: Record<string, [number, number]>
+  ) => void;
   onCollectionSelect: (namespace: string) => void;
   onRelationshipSelect: (rId: string) => void;
   onFieldSelect: (namespace: string, fieldPath: FieldPath) => void;
@@ -210,6 +214,7 @@ const DiagramContent: React.FunctionComponent<{
   onAddFieldToObjectField,
   onAddNewFieldToCollection,
   onMoveCollection,
+  onMoveMultipleCollections,
   onCollectionSelect,
   onRelationshipSelect,
   onFieldSelect,
@@ -382,10 +387,20 @@ const DiagramContent: React.FunctionComponent<{
   );
 
   const onNodeDragStop = useCallback(
-    (evt: React.MouseEvent, node: NodeProps) => {
-      onMoveCollection(node.id, [node.position.x, node.position.y]);
+    (evt: React.MouseEvent, node: NodeProps, nodes: NodeProps[]) => {
+      if (nodes.length === 1) {
+        onMoveCollection(node.id, [node.position.x, node.position.y]);
+      } else {
+        const newPositions = Object.fromEntries(
+          nodes.map((node): [string, [number, number]] => [
+            node.id,
+            [node.position.x, node.position.y],
+          ])
+        );
+        onMoveMultipleCollections(newPositions);
+      }
     },
-    [onMoveCollection]
+    [onMoveCollection, onMoveMultipleCollections]
   );
 
   const onPaneClick = useCallback(() => {
@@ -543,6 +558,7 @@ const ConnectedDiagramContent = connect(
     onAddNewFieldToCollection: addNewFieldToCollection,
     onAddFieldToObjectField: onAddNestedField,
     onMoveCollection: moveCollection,
+    onMoveMultipleCollections: moveMultipleCollections,
     onCollectionSelect: selectCollection,
     onRelationshipSelect: selectRelationship,
     onFieldSelect: selectField,
diff --git a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/services/data-model-storage.ts b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/services/data-model-storage.ts
index 1ba4ee94f35..df51c575e59 100644
--- a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/services/data-model-storage.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/services/data-model-storage.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ const EditSchemaVariants = z.discriminatedUnion('type', [
     ns: z.string(),
     newPosition: z.tuple([z.number(), z.number()]),
   }),
+  z.object({
+    type: z.literal('MoveMultipleCollections'),
+    newPositions: z.record(z.string(), z.tuple([z.number(), z.number()])),
+  }),
   z.object({
     type: z.literal('RemoveCollection'),
     ns: z.string(),
diff --git a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/apply-edit.ts b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/apply-edit.ts
index 495b0c43819..222be42c87d 100644
--- a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/apply-edit.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/apply-edit.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,24 @@ export function applyEdit(edit: Edit, model?: StaticModel): StaticModel {
         }),
       };
     }
+    case 'MoveMultipleCollections': {
+      const movedCollections = new Set(Object.keys(edit.newPositions));
+      for (const ns of movedCollections) {
+        assertCollectionExists(model.collections, ns);
+      }
+      return {
+        ...model,
+        collections: model.collections.map((collection) => {
+          if (movedCollections.has(collection.ns)) {
+            return {
+              ...collection,
+              displayPosition: edit.newPositions[collection.ns],
+            };
+          }
+          return collection;
+        }),
+      };
+    }
     case 'RemoveCollection': {
       assertCollectionExists(model.collections, edit.ns);
       return {
diff --git a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.spec.ts b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.spec.ts
index 4cd459ed780..2b4821d9061 100644
--- a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.spec.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,45 @@ describe('Data Modeling store', function () {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('should apply a valid MoveMultipleCollections edit', function () {
+      store.dispatch(openDiagram(loadedDiagram));
+
+      const newPosition0 = [
+        model.collections[0].displayPosition[0] + 20,
+        100,
+      ] as [number, number];
+      const newPosition1 = [
+        model.collections[1].displayPosition[0] + 20,
+        200,
+      ] as [number, number];
+      const edit: Omit<
+        Extract<Edit, { type: 'MoveMultipleCollections' }>,
+        'id' | 'timestamp'
+      > = {
+        type: 'MoveMultipleCollections',
+        newPositions: {
+          [model.collections[0].ns]: newPosition0,
+          [model.collections[1].ns]: newPosition1,
+        },
+      };
+      store.dispatch(applyEdit(edit));
+
+      const state = store.getState();
+      const diagram = getCurrentDiagramFromState(state);
+      expect(openToastSpy).not.to.have.been.called;
+      expect(diagram.edits).to.have.length(2);
+      expect(diagram.edits[0]).to.deep.equal(loadedDiagram.edits[0]);
+      expect(diagram.edits[1]).to.deep.include(edit);
+
+      const currentModel = getCurrentModel(diagram.edits);
+      expect(currentModel.collections[0].displayPosition).to.deep.equal(
+        newPosition0
+      );
+      expect(currentModel.collections[1].displayPosition).to.deep.equal(
+        newPosition1
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should not apply invalid MoveCollection edit', function () {
       store.dispatch(openDiagram(loadedDiagram));
 
diff --git a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.ts b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.ts
index b1ab2003a77..3694c301139 100644
--- a/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-data-modeling/src/store/diagram.ts
@@ -591,6 +591,19 @@ export function moveCollection(
   return applyEdit(edit);
 }
 
+export function moveMultipleCollections(
+  newPositions: Record<string, [number, number]>
+): DataModelingThunkAction<void, ApplyEditAction | RevertFailedEditAction> {
+  const edit: Omit<
+    Extract<Edit, { type: 'MoveMultipleCollections' }>,
+    'id' | 'timestamp'
+  > = {
+    type: 'MoveMultipleCollections',
+    newPositions,
+  };
+  return applyEdit(edit);
+}
+
 export function renameCollection(
   fromNS: string,
   toNS: string