diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c
index 4da69a041..e6f8fc262 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/deparse_statistics_stmts.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "distributed/pg_version_constants.h"
+
 #include "distributed/citus_ruleutils.h"
 #include "distributed/deparser.h"
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
@@ -231,7 +233,25 @@ AppendStatTypes(StringInfo buf, CreateStatsStmt *stmt)
 	appendStringInfoString(buf, ")");
 }
 
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_14
+static void
+AppendColumnNames(StringInfo buf, CreateStatsStmt *stmt)
+{
+	StatsElem *column = NULL;
 
+	foreach_ptr(column, stmt->exprs)
+	{
+		const char *columnName = quote_identifier(column->name);
+
+		appendStringInfoString(buf, columnName);
+
+		if (column != llast(stmt->exprs))
+		{
+			appendStringInfoString(buf, ", ");
+		}
+	}
+}
+#else
 static void
 AppendColumnNames(StringInfo buf, CreateStatsStmt *stmt)
 {
@@ -257,7 +277,7 @@ AppendColumnNames(StringInfo buf, CreateStatsStmt *stmt)
 		}
 	}
 }
-
+#endif
 
 static void
 AppendTableName(StringInfo buf, CreateStatsStmt *stmt)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/propagate_statistics.out b/src/test/regress/expected/propagate_statistics.out
index 1c798c526..fd4f8e6e2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/propagate_statistics.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/propagate_statistics.out
@@ -99,12 +99,7 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('test','x');
 
 (1 row)
 
-CREATE STATISTICS stats_xy ON (x, y) FROM test;
-ERROR:  only simple column references are allowed in CREATE STATISTICS
-CREATE STATISTICS stats_xy ON x+y FROM test;
-ERROR:  only simple column references are allowed in CREATE STATISTICS
 CREATE STATISTICS stats_xy ON x,y FROM test;
-CREATE STATISTICS IF NOT EXISTS stats_xy ON x+y FROM test;
 \c - - - :worker_1_port
 SELECT stxname
 FROM pg_statistic_ext
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/propagate_statistics.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/propagate_statistics.sql
index 51d3076f2..898387eaa 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/propagate_statistics.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/propagate_statistics.sql
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ SELECT create_distributed_table('ownertest','a');
 CREATE TABLE test (x int, y int);
 SELECT create_distributed_table('test','x');
 
-CREATE STATISTICS stats_xy ON (x, y) FROM test;
-CREATE STATISTICS stats_xy ON x+y FROM test;
 CREATE STATISTICS stats_xy ON x,y FROM test;
-CREATE STATISTICS IF NOT EXISTS stats_xy ON x+y FROM test;
 
 \c - - - :worker_1_port
 SELECT stxname