diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/default.nix
index d464e735b8be..c000bb71bdd9 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/default.nix
@@ -1176,17 +1176,7 @@ let
         };
       };
 
-      ms-toolsai.jupyter = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
-        mktplcRef = {
-          name = "jupyter";
-          publisher = "ms-toolsai";
-          version = "2021.5.745244803";
-          sha256 = "0gjpsp61l8daqa87mpmxcrvsvb0pc2vwg7xbkvwn0f13c1739w9p";
-        };
-        meta = {
-          license = lib.licenses.unfree;
-        };
-      };
+      ms-toolsai.jupyter = callPackage ./ms-toolsai-jupyter {};
 
       mvllow.rose-pine = buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
         mktplcRef = {
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/ms-toolsai-jupyter/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/ms-toolsai-jupyter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6be5e225fa38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/ms-toolsai-jupyter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib, vscode-utils, jq, moreutils }:
+
+let
+  inherit (vscode-utils) buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension;
+
+in buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
+  mktplcRef = {
+    name = "jupyter";
+    publisher = "ms-toolsai";
+    version = "2021.9.1101343141";
+    sha256 = "1c5dgkk5yn6a8k3blbqakqdy8ppwgfbm0ciki7ix696bvlksbpdg";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    jq
+    moreutils
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Patch 'packages.json' so that the expected '__metadata' field exists.
+    # This works around observed extension load failure on vscode's attempt
+    # to rewrite 'packages.json' with this new information.
+    print_jq_query() {
+        cat <<"EOF"
+    .__metadata = {
+      "id": "6c2f1801-1e7f-45b2-9b5c-7782f1e076e8",
+      "publisherId": "ac8eb7c9-3e59-4b39-8040-f0484d8170ce",
+      "publisherDisplayName": "Microsoft",
+      "installedTimestamp": 0
+    }
+    EOF
+    }
+    jq "$(print_jq_query)" ./package.json | sponge ./package.json
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Jupyter extension for vscode";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jraygauthier ];
+  };
+}