diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/statistics.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/statistics.c
index 223e8f612..b43f6335e 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/statistics.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/statistics.c
@@ -774,9 +774,10 @@ CreateAlterCommandIfTargetNotDefault(Oid statsOid)
 	}
 
 	Form_pg_statistic_ext statisticsForm = (Form_pg_statistic_ext) GETSTRUCT(tup);
+	int16 currentStxstattarget = getStxstattarget_compat(tup);
 	ReleaseSysCache(tup);
 
-	if (statisticsForm->stxstattarget == -1)
+	if (currentStxstattarget == -1)
 	{
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -786,7 +787,8 @@ CreateAlterCommandIfTargetNotDefault(Oid statsOid)
 	char *schemaName = get_namespace_name(statisticsForm->stxnamespace);
 	char *statName = NameStr(statisticsForm->stxname);
 
-	alterStatsStmt->stxstattarget = statisticsForm->stxstattarget;
+	alterStatsStmt->stxstattarget = getAlterStatsStxstattarget_compat(
+		currentStxstattarget);
 	alterStatsStmt->defnames = list_make2(makeString(schemaName), makeString(statName));
 
 	return DeparseAlterStatisticsStmt((Node *) alterStatsStmt);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c
index 4d7211939..79be835b9 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ AppendAlterStatisticsSchemaStmt(StringInfo buf, AlterObjectSchemaStmt *stmt)
 static void
 AppendAlterStatisticsStmt(StringInfo buf, AlterStatsStmt *stmt)
 {
-	appendStringInfo(buf, "ALTER STATISTICS %s SET STATISTICS %d", NameListToQuotedString(
-						 stmt->defnames), stmt->stxstattarget);
+	appendStringInfo(buf, "ALTER STATISTICS %s SET STATISTICS %d",
+					 NameListToQuotedString(stmt->defnames),
+					 getIntStxstattarget_compat(stmt->stxstattarget));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/pg_version_compat.h b/src/include/pg_version_compat.h
index 919c1f7bc..3230a0fcf 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_version_compat.h
+++ b/src/include/pg_version_compat.h
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ getAttstattarget_compat(HeapTuple attTuple)
 }
 
 
+#include "catalog/pg_statistic_ext.h"
+
+static inline int16
+getStxstattarget_compat(HeapTuple tup)
+{
+	bool isnull;
+	Datum dat = SysCacheGetAttr(STATEXTOID, tup,
+								Anum_pg_statistic_ext_stxstattarget, &isnull);
+	return (isnull ? -1 : DatumGetInt16(dat));
+}
+
+
+#define getAlterStatsStxstattarget_compat(a) ((Node *) makeInteger(a))
+#define getIntStxstattarget_compat(a) (intVal(a))
+
 #else
 
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
@@ -93,6 +108,17 @@ getAttstattarget_compat(HeapTuple attTuple)
 }
 
 
+#include "catalog/pg_statistic_ext.h"
+static inline int32
+getStxstattarget_compat(HeapTuple tup)
+{
+	return ((Form_pg_statistic_ext) GETSTRUCT(tup))->stxstattarget;
+}
+
+
+#define getAlterStatsStxstattarget_compat(a) (a)
+#define getIntStxstattarget_compat(a) (a)
+
 #endif
 
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_16