diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
index 198d1df9a..74a7ce69b 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/distribute_object_ops.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ static DistributeObjectOps View_Rename = {
 static DistributeObjectOps Trigger_Rename = {
 	.deparse = NULL,
 	.qualify = NULL,
-	.preprocess = NULL,
+	.preprocess = PreprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt,
 	.operationType = DIST_OPS_ALTER,
 	.postprocess = PostprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt,
 	.address = NULL,
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/trigger.c
index ffb0ab5ae..3bb2417e7 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/trigger.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ static void ExtractDropStmtTriggerAndRelationName(DropStmt *dropTriggerStmt,
 												  char **relationName);
 static void ErrorIfDropStmtDropsMultipleTriggers(DropStmt *dropTriggerStmt);
 static int16 GetTriggerTypeById(Oid triggerId);
+#if (PG_VERSION_NUM < PG_VERSION_15)
+static void ErrorOutIfCloneTrigger(Oid tgrelid, const char *tgname);
+#endif
 
 
 /* GUC that overrides trigger checks for distributed tables and reference tables */
@@ -319,6 +322,40 @@ CreateTriggerEventExtendNames(CreateTrigStmt *createTriggerStmt, char *schemaNam
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * PreprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt is called before a ALTER TRIGGER RENAME
+ * command has been executed by standard process utility. This function errors
+ * out if we are trying to rename a child trigger on a partition of a distributed
+ * table. In PG15, this is not allowed anyway.
+ */
+List *
+PreprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
+								 ProcessUtilityContext processUtilityContext)
+{
+#if (PG_VERSION_NUM < PG_VERSION_15)
+	RenameStmt *renameTriggerStmt = castNode(RenameStmt, node);
+	Assert(renameTriggerStmt->renameType == OBJECT_TRIGGER);
+
+	RangeVar *relation = renameTriggerStmt->relation;
+
+	bool missingOk = false;
+	Oid relationId = RangeVarGetRelid(relation, ALTER_TRIGGER_LOCK_MODE, missingOk);
+
+	if (!IsCitusTable(relationId))
+	{
+		return NIL;
+	}
+
+	EnsureCoordinator();
+	ErrorOutForTriggerIfNotSupported(relationId);
+
+	ErrorOutIfCloneTrigger(relationId, renameTriggerStmt->subname);
+#endif
+
+	return NIL;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * PostprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt is called after a ALTER TRIGGER RENAME
  * command has been executed by standard process utility. This function errors
@@ -611,6 +648,64 @@ ErrorOutForTriggerIfNotSupported(Oid relationId)
 }
 
 
+#if (PG_VERSION_NUM < PG_VERSION_15)
+
+/*
+ * ErrorOutIfCloneTrigger is a helper function to error
+ * out if we are trying to rename a child trigger on a
+ * partition of a distributed table.
+ * A lot of this code is borrowed from PG15 because
+ * renaming clone triggers isn't allowed in PG15 anymore.
+ */
+static void
+ErrorOutIfCloneTrigger(Oid tgrelid, const char *tgname)
+{
+	HeapTuple tuple;
+	ScanKeyData key[2];
+
+	Relation tgrel = table_open(TriggerRelationId, RowExclusiveLock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Search for the trigger to modify.
+	 */
+	ScanKeyInit(&key[0],
+				Anum_pg_trigger_tgrelid,
+				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_OIDEQ,
+				ObjectIdGetDatum(tgrelid));
+	ScanKeyInit(&key[1],
+				Anum_pg_trigger_tgname,
+				BTEqualStrategyNumber, F_NAMEEQ,
+				CStringGetDatum(tgname));
+	SysScanDesc tgscan = systable_beginscan(tgrel, TriggerRelidNameIndexId, true,
+											NULL, 2, key);
+
+	if (HeapTupleIsValid(tuple = systable_getnext(tgscan)))
+	{
+		Form_pg_trigger trigform = (Form_pg_trigger) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the trigger descends from a trigger on a parent partitioned
+		 * table, reject the rename.
+		 * Appended shard ids to find the trigger on the partition's shards
+		 * are not correct. Hence we would fail to find the trigger on the
+		 * partition's shard.
+		 */
+		if (OidIsValid(trigform->tgparentid))
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR, (
+						errmsg(
+							"cannot rename child triggers on distributed partitions")));
+		}
+	}
+
+	systable_endscan(tgscan);
+	table_close(tgrel, RowExclusiveLock);
+}
+
+
+#endif
+
+
 /*
  * GetDropTriggerStmtRelation takes a DropStmt for a trigger object and returns
  * RangeVar for the relation that owns the trigger.
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/commands.h b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
index b7030adee..f660fe19d 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/commands.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/commands.h
@@ -667,6 +667,8 @@ extern List * CreateTriggerStmtObjectAddress(Node *node, bool missingOk, bool
 											 isPostprocess);
 extern void CreateTriggerEventExtendNames(CreateTrigStmt *createTriggerStmt,
 										  char *schemaName, uint64 shardId);
+extern List * PreprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString,
+											   ProcessUtilityContext processUtilityContext);
 extern List * PostprocessAlterTriggerRenameStmt(Node *node, const char *queryString);
 extern void AlterTriggerRenameEventExtendNames(RenameStmt *renameTriggerStmt,
 											   char *schemaName, uint64 shardId);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.out b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.out
index 5e369c84c..d049c2b0a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.out
@@ -241,3 +241,6 @@ SELECT * FROM sale_triggers ORDER BY 1, 2;
  truncate_trigger_xxxxxxx      | sale_california | O
 (12 rows)
 
+-- check that we can't rename child triggers on partitions of distributed tables
+ALTER TRIGGER another_trigger ON sale_newyork RENAME TO another_renamed_trigger;
+ERROR:  cannot rename child triggers on distributed partitions
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.sql
index a1d4c9db3..9e0e5b7bb 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/upgrade_distributed_triggers_before.sql
@@ -114,3 +114,6 @@ FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION upgrade_distributed_triggers.record_sale();
 
 ALTER TRIGGER another_trigger ON sale RENAME TO another_renamed_trigger;
 SELECT * FROM sale_triggers ORDER BY 1, 2;
+
+-- check that we can't rename child triggers on partitions of distributed tables
+ALTER TRIGGER another_trigger ON sale_newyork RENAME TO another_renamed_trigger;