diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/pg17.out b/src/test/regress/expected/pg17.out
index fbe8ebbe1..ca2f7643f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/pg17.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/pg17.out
@@ -1117,12 +1117,108 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_constraint WHERE conname = 'local_exclude_named' AND contype =
 DROP TABLE distributed_partitioned_table CASCADE;
 DROP TABLE local_partitioned_table CASCADE;
 -- End of Test for exclusion constraints on partitioned and distributed partitioned tables in Citus environment
+-- Propagate SET STATISTICS DEFAULT
+-- Relevant PG commit:
+-- https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/4f622503d
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 25122024;
+CREATE TABLE tbl (c1 int, c2 int);
+SELECT citus_add_local_table_to_metadata('tbl');
+ citus_add_local_table_to_metadata
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE INDEX tbl_idx ON tbl (c1, (c1+0)) INCLUDE (c2);
+-- Citus currently doesn't support ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS anyway
+ALTER TABLE tbl ALTER COLUMN 1 SET STATISTICS 100;
+ERROR:  alter table command is currently unsupported
+DETAIL:  Only ADD|DROP COLUMN, SET|DROP NOT NULL, SET|DROP DEFAULT, ADD|DROP|VALIDATE CONSTRAINT, SET (), RESET (), ENABLE|DISABLE|NO FORCE|FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY, ATTACH|DETACH PARTITION and TYPE subcommands are supported.
+ALTER TABLE tbl ALTER COLUMN 1 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;
+ERROR:  alter table command is currently unsupported
+DETAIL:  Only ADD|DROP COLUMN, SET|DROP NOT NULL, SET|DROP DEFAULT, ADD|DROP|VALIDATE CONSTRAINT, SET (), RESET (), ENABLE|DISABLE|NO FORCE|FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY, ATTACH|DETACH PARTITION and TYPE subcommands are supported.
+ALTER TABLE tbl ALTER COLUMN 1 SET STATISTICS -1;
+ERROR:  alter table command is currently unsupported
+DETAIL:  Only ADD|DROP COLUMN, SET|DROP NOT NULL, SET|DROP DEFAULT, ADD|DROP|VALIDATE CONSTRAINT, SET (), RESET (), ENABLE|DISABLE|NO FORCE|FORCE ROW LEVEL SECURITY, ATTACH|DETACH PARTITION and TYPE subcommands are supported.
+-- Citus propagates ALTER INDEX ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS DEFAULT to the nodes and shards
+SET citus.log_remote_commands TO true;
+SET citus.grep_remote_commands = '%STATISTICS%';
+ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS 1000;
+NOTICE:  issuing ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS 1000;
+DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
+NOTICE:  issuing ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS 1000;
+DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT worker_apply_shard_ddl_command (25122024, 'pg17', 'ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS 1000;')
+\d+ tbl_idx
+                     Index "pg17.tbl_idx"
+ Column |  Type   | Key? | Definition | Storage | Stats target
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ c1     | integer | yes  | c1         | plain   |
+ expr   | integer | yes  | (c1 + 0)   | plain   | 1000
+ c2     | integer | no   | c2         | plain   |
+btree, for table "pg17.tbl"
+
+\d+ tbl_idx_25122024
+                 Index "pg17.tbl_idx_25122024"
+ Column |  Type   | Key? | Definition | Storage | Stats target
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ c1     | integer | yes  | c1         | plain   |
+ expr   | integer | yes  | (c1 + 0)   | plain   | 1000
+ c2     | integer | no   | c2         | plain   |
+btree, for table "pg17.tbl_25122024"
+
+ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;
+NOTICE:  issuing ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;
+DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
+NOTICE:  issuing ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;
+DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT worker_apply_shard_ddl_command (25122024, 'pg17', 'ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;')
+\d+ tbl_idx
+                     Index "pg17.tbl_idx"
+ Column |  Type   | Key? | Definition | Storage | Stats target
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ c1     | integer | yes  | c1         | plain   |
+ expr   | integer | yes  | (c1 + 0)   | plain   |
+ c2     | integer | no   | c2         | plain   |
+btree, for table "pg17.tbl"
+
+\d+ tbl_idx_25122024
+                 Index "pg17.tbl_idx_25122024"
+ Column |  Type   | Key? | Definition | Storage | Stats target
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ c1     | integer | yes  | c1         | plain   |
+ expr   | integer | yes  | (c1 + 0)   | plain   |
+ c2     | integer | no   | c2         | plain   |
+btree, for table "pg17.tbl_25122024"
+
+ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS -1;
+NOTICE:  issuing ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS -1;
+DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
+NOTICE:  issuing ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS -1;
+DETAIL:  on server postgres@localhost:xxxxx connectionId: xxxxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT worker_apply_shard_ddl_command (25122024, 'pg17', 'ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS -1;')
+\d+ tbl_idx
+                     Index "pg17.tbl_idx"
+ Column |  Type   | Key? | Definition | Storage | Stats target
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ c1     | integer | yes  | c1         | plain   |
+ expr   | integer | yes  | (c1 + 0)   | plain   |
+ c2     | integer | no   | c2         | plain   |
+btree, for table "pg17.tbl"
+
+\d+ tbl_idx_25122024
+                 Index "pg17.tbl_idx_25122024"
+ Column |  Type   | Key? | Definition | Storage | Stats target
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ c1     | integer | yes  | c1         | plain   |
+ expr   | integer | yes  | (c1 + 0)   | plain   |
+ c2     | integer | no   | c2         | plain   |
+btree, for table "pg17.tbl_25122024"
+
+-- End of testing SET STATISTICS DEFAULT
+\set VERBOSITY terse
+SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 DROP SCHEMA pg17 CASCADE;
-NOTICE:  drop cascades to 5 other objects
-DETAIL:  drop cascades to function fake_am_handler(internal)
-drop cascades to access method fake_am
-drop cascades to table dist_test
-drop cascades to table postgres_table
-drop cascades to table distributed_table
+\set VERBOSITY default
+RESET client_min_messages;
 DROP ROLE regress_maintain;
 DROP ROLE regress_no_maintain;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/pg17.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/pg17.sql
index f0c6d5b65..aad8445ea 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/pg17.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/pg17.sql
@@ -574,6 +574,41 @@ DROP TABLE distributed_partitioned_table CASCADE;
 DROP TABLE local_partitioned_table CASCADE;
 -- End of Test for exclusion constraints on partitioned and distributed partitioned tables in Citus environment
 
+-- Propagate SET STATISTICS DEFAULT
+-- Relevant PG commit:
+-- https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/4f622503d
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 25122024;
+
+CREATE TABLE tbl (c1 int, c2 int);
+SELECT citus_add_local_table_to_metadata('tbl');
+CREATE INDEX tbl_idx ON tbl (c1, (c1+0)) INCLUDE (c2);
+
+-- Citus currently doesn't support ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS anyway
+ALTER TABLE tbl ALTER COLUMN 1 SET STATISTICS 100;
+ALTER TABLE tbl ALTER COLUMN 1 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;
+ALTER TABLE tbl ALTER COLUMN 1 SET STATISTICS -1;
+
+-- Citus propagates ALTER INDEX ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS DEFAULT to the nodes and shards
+SET citus.log_remote_commands TO true;
+SET citus.grep_remote_commands = '%STATISTICS%';
+
+ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS 1000;
+\d+ tbl_idx
+\d+ tbl_idx_25122024
+ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS DEFAULT;
+\d+ tbl_idx
+\d+ tbl_idx_25122024
+ALTER INDEX tbl_idx ALTER COLUMN 2 SET STATISTICS -1;
+\d+ tbl_idx
+\d+ tbl_idx_25122024
+
+-- End of testing SET STATISTICS DEFAULT
+
+\set VERBOSITY terse
+SET client_min_messages TO WARNING;
 DROP SCHEMA pg17 CASCADE;
+\set VERBOSITY default
+RESET client_min_messages;
+
 DROP ROLE regress_maintain;
 DROP ROLE regress_no_maintain;