diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/citus_ruleutils.c b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/citus_ruleutils.c
index 12bdafeb2..91343af8f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/deparser/citus_ruleutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/deparser/citus_ruleutils.c
@@ -1275,6 +1275,8 @@ simple_quote_literal(StringInfo buf, const char *val)
  *
  * CURRENT_USER - resolved to the user name of the current role being used
  * SESSION_USER - resolved to the user name of the user that opened the session
+ * CURRENT_ROLE - same as CURRENT_USER, resolved to the user name of the current role being used
+ * Postgres treats CURRENT_ROLE is equivalent to CURRENT_USER, and we follow the same approach.
  *
  * withQuoteIdentifier is used, because if the results will be used in a query the quotes are needed but if not there
  * should not be extra quotes.
@@ -1290,7 +1292,9 @@ RoleSpecString(RoleSpec *spec, bool withQuoteIdentifier)
 				   quote_identifier(spec->rolename) :
 				   spec->rolename;
 		}
-
+		#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= PG_VERSION_14
+		case ROLESPEC_CURRENT_ROLE:
+		#endif
 		case ROLESPEC_CURRENT_USER:
 		{
 			return withQuoteIdentifier ?
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out b/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out
index 16fb3e8f9..a8b74c209 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/pg14.out
@@ -320,5 +320,62 @@ NOTICE:  dropping metadata on the node (localhost,57638)
 
 (1 row)
 
+-- ALTER STATISTICS .. OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE
+CREATE TABLE st1 (a int, b int);
+CREATE STATISTICS role_s1 ON a, b FROM st1;
+SELECT create_distributed_table('st1','a');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO off; -- for enterprise
+CREATE ROLE role_1 WITH LOGIN SUPERUSER;
+NOTICE:  not propagating CREATE ROLE/USER commands to worker nodes
+HINT:  Connect to worker nodes directly to manually create all necessary users and roles.
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO on;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$CREATE ROLE role_1 WITH LOGIN SUPERUSER;$$);
+      run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,"CREATE ROLE")
+ (localhost,57638,t,"CREATE ROLE")
+(2 rows)
+
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+    run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,postgres)
+ (localhost,57638,t,postgres)
+(2 rows)
+
+SET ROLE role_1;
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+   run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,role_1)
+ (localhost,57638,t,role_1)
+(2 rows)
+
+SET ROLE postgres;
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_USER;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+    run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,postgres)
+ (localhost,57638,t,postgres)
+(2 rows)
+
+SET ROLE to NONE;
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+    run_command_on_workers
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ (localhost,57637,t,postgres)
+ (localhost,57638,t,postgres)
+(2 rows)
+
 set client_min_messages to error;
 drop schema pg14 cascade;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql
index ce36c6922..f93167766 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/pg14.sql
@@ -123,5 +123,25 @@ RESET client_min_messages;
 SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
 SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 
+-- ALTER STATISTICS .. OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE
+CREATE TABLE st1 (a int, b int);
+CREATE STATISTICS role_s1 ON a, b FROM st1;
+SELECT create_distributed_table('st1','a');
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO off; -- for enterprise
+CREATE ROLE role_1 WITH LOGIN SUPERUSER;
+SET citus.enable_ddl_propagation TO on;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$CREATE ROLE role_1 WITH LOGIN SUPERUSER;$$);
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+SET ROLE role_1;
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+SET ROLE postgres;
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_USER;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
+SET ROLE to NONE;
+ALTER STATISTICS role_s1 OWNER TO CURRENT_ROLE;
+SELECT run_command_on_workers($$SELECT rolname FROM pg_roles WHERE oid IN (SELECT stxowner FROM pg_statistic_ext WHERE stxname LIKE 'role\_s1%');$$);
 set client_min_messages to error;
 drop schema pg14 cascade;