diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.test.js b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.test.js
index 0d04f3b8e372f..333064d9712d3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.test.js
@@ -617,5 +617,24 @@ curl -XGET "http://localhost:5620/api/spaces/space" -H \"kbn-xsrf: reporting\"`.
       expect(curl).toContain('valueA');
       expect(curl).toContain('valueB');
     });
+
+    it('should replace variables in bulk request', async () => {
+      storage.set('variables', [
+        { name: 'exampleVariableA', value: 'valueA' },
+        { name: 'exampleVariableB', value: 'valueB' },
+      ]);
+      input
+        ?.getCoreEditor()
+        .setValue(
+          'POST _bulk\n{"index": {"_id": "0"}}\n{"field" : "${exampleVariableA}"}\n{"index": {"_id": "1"}}\n{"field" : "${exampleVariableB}"}\n',
+          false
+        );
+      const curl = await input.getRequestsAsCURL('http://localhost:9200', {
+        start: { lineNumber: 1 },
+        end: { lineNumber: 4 },
+      });
+      expect(curl).toContain('valueA');
+      expect(curl).toContain('valueB');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/row_parser.ts b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/row_parser.ts
index fe369e71fb799..6412a013ff71e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/row_parser.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/row_parser.ts
@@ -41,18 +41,6 @@ export default class RowParser {
     }
     let line = (this.editor.getLineValue(lineNumber) || '').trim();
 
-    // Check if the line has variables, depending on the request type, (e.g. single line, multi doc requests) return the correct mode
-    if (line && /(\${\w+})/.test(line)) {
-      lineNumber++;
-      line = (this.editor.getLineValue(lineNumber) || '').trim();
-
-      if (line.startsWith('{')) {
-        return MODE.REQUEST_START;
-      }
-      // next line is another request
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-bitwise
-      return MODE.REQUEST_START | MODE.REQUEST_END;
-    }
     if (!line || line.startsWith('#') || line.startsWith('//') || line.startsWith('/*')) {
       return MODE.BETWEEN_REQUESTS;
     } // empty line or a comment waiting for a new req to start
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/index.ts b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/index.ts
index 996384e07939e..62074e3b19208 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ export const replaceVariables = (
   const bodyRegexTripleQuotes = /([\\"]?)"""\${(\w+)}"""(?!")/g;
 
   return requests.map((req) => {
+    // safeguard - caller passes any[] from editor's getRequestsInRange() as requests
+    if (!req || !req.url || !req.data) {
+      return req;
+    }
+
     if (urlRegex.test(req.url)) {
       req.url = req.url.replaceAll(urlRegex, (match, key) => {
         const variable = variables.find(({ name }) => name === key);
@@ -135,9 +140,9 @@ export const replaceVariables = (
       });
     }
 
-    if (req.data && req.data.length) {
-      if (bodyRegexSingleQuote.test(req.data[0])) {
-        const data = req.data[0].replaceAll(bodyRegexSingleQuote, (match, lookbehind, key) => {
+    req.data = req.data.map((data) => {
+      if (bodyRegexSingleQuote.test(data)) {
+        data = data.replaceAll(bodyRegexSingleQuote, (match, lookbehind, key) => {
           const variable = variables.find(({ name }) => name === key);
 
           if (!lookbehind && variable) {
@@ -172,20 +177,20 @@ export const replaceVariables = (
 
           return match;
         });
-        req.data = [data];
       }
 
-      if (bodyRegexTripleQuotes.test(req.data[0])) {
-        const data = req.data[0].replaceAll(bodyRegexTripleQuotes, (match, lookbehind, key) => {
+      if (bodyRegexTripleQuotes.test(data)) {
+        data = data.replaceAll(bodyRegexTripleQuotes, (match, lookbehind, key) => {
           const variable = variables.find(({ name }) => name === key);
 
           return !lookbehind && variable?.value
             ? '""' + JSON.stringify(variable?.value) + '""'
             : match;
         });
-        req.data = [data];
       }
-    }
+
+      return data;
+    });
 
     return req;
   });
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/utils.test.js b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/utils.test.js
index 7788aedeb7829..416f7c9dbb67d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/utils.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/lib/utils/utils.test.js
@@ -318,5 +318,29 @@ describe('Utils class', () => {
         }
       );
     });
+
+    it('should replace variables in bulk request', () => {
+      testVariables(
+        {
+          url: '${v13}/_bulk',
+          data: [
+            '{"index": {"_id": "0"}}',
+            '{\n  "f": "${v13}"\n}',
+            '{"index": {"_id": "1"}}',
+            '{\n  "f": "${v13}"\n}',
+          ],
+        },
+        { name: 'v13', value: 'test' },
+        {
+          url: 'test/_bulk',
+          data: [
+            '{"index": {"_id": "0"}}',
+            '{\n  "f": "test"\n}',
+            '{"index": {"_id": "1"}}',
+            '{\n  "f": "test"\n}',
+          ],
+        }
+      );
+    });
   });
 });