diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-switcher/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-switcher/index.js
index 9ee755215a1a7a..003e5a9722f2fa 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-switcher/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-switcher/index.js
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const BlockSwitcherDropdownMenu = ( { clientIds, blocks } ) => {
 						firstBlockName,
 						'__experimentalSection',
 						false
-					) && !! getBlockAttributes( clientId ).section,
+					) && !! getBlockAttributes( clientId ).metadata?.isSection,
 			};
 		},
 		[ clientIds, blocks, blockInformation?.icon ]
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/test/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/test/index.js
index e83dc0708ae6cf..c696d6c59e95d4 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/test/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/test/index.js
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ describe( 'BlockTitle', () => {
 	it( 'should return section title if the block supports it', () => {
 		useSelect.mockImplementation( () => ( {
 			name: 'name-with-section',
-			attributes: { section: { name: 'My custom section' } },
+			attributes: {
+				metadata: { name: 'My custom section', isSection: true },
+			},
 		} ) );
 
 		const wrapper = shallow(
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/use-block-display-title.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/use-block-display-title.js
index 315be1e69f682a..c06f8e2de85183 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/use-block-display-title.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-title/use-block-display-title.js
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ export default function useBlockDisplayTitle( clientId, maximumLength ) {
 
 	const sectionTitle =
 		hasBlockSupport( name, '__experimentalSection', false ) &&
-		attributes.section?.name;
+		attributes.metadata?.isSection &&
+		attributes.metadata?.name;
 
 	const label = sectionTitle || reusableBlockTitle || blockLabel;
 	// Label will fallback to the title if no label is defined for the current
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/sections.js b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/sections.js
index 93749388352773..bffb808b303737 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/sections.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/sections.js
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import { hasBlockSupport } from '@wordpress/blocks';
  */
 export function addAttribute( settings ) {
 	if ( hasBlockSupport( settings, '__experimentalSection', false ) ) {
-		// Allow blocks to specify their own section attribute definition with default value if needed.
-		if ( ! has( settings.attributes, [ 'section' ] ) ) {
+		// Allow blocks to specify their own metadata attribute definition with default value if needed.
+		if ( ! has( settings.attributes, [ 'metadata' ] ) ) {
 			settings.attributes = {
 				...settings.attributes,
-				section: {
+				metadata: {
 					type: 'object',
 				},
 			};