diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
index c239bd3ab..dd1f201e5 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/metadata_sync.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ start_metadata_sync_to_node(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	int32 nodePort = PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
 	char *nodeNameString = text_to_cstring(nodeName);
 	char *extensionOwner = CitusExtensionOwnerName();
+	char *escapedNodeName = quote_literal_cstr(nodeNameString);
 
 	WorkerNode *workerNode = NULL;
 	char *localGroupIdUpdateCommand = NULL;
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ start_metadata_sync_to_node(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 						errmsg("you cannot sync metadata to a non-existent node"),
-						errhint("First, add the node with SELECT master_add_node(%s,%d)",
-								nodeNameString, nodePort)));
+						errhint("First, add the node with SELECT master_add_node"
+								"(%s,%d)", escapedNodeName, nodePort)));
 	}
 
 	MarkNodeHasMetadata(nodeNameString, nodePort, true);
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_master_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_master_planner.c
index cb3cc041c..3210fe42d 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_master_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/multi_master_planner.c
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ BuildAggregatePlan(Query *masterQuery, Plan *subPlan)
 							 groupColumnOpArray, NIL, rowEstimate, subPlan);
 #endif
 
+	/* just for reproducible costs between different PostgreSQL versions */
+	aggregatePlan->plan.startup_cost = 0;
+	aggregatePlan->plan.total_cost = 0;
+	aggregatePlan->plan.plan_rows = 0;
+
 	return aggregatePlan;
 }
 
@@ -265,6 +270,12 @@ BuildSelectStatement(Query *masterQuery, char *masterTableName,
 #else
 		Sort *sortPlan = make_sort_from_sortclauses(NULL, sortClauseList, topLevelPlan);
 #endif
+
+		/* just for reproducible costs between different PostgreSQL versions */
+		sortPlan->plan.startup_cost = 0;
+		sortPlan->plan.total_cost = 0;
+		sortPlan->plan.plan_rows = 0;
+
 		topLevelPlan = (Plan *) sortPlan;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/output/multi_subquery_0.source b/src/test/regress/output/multi_subquery_0.source
index 3d01633a0..ecc2ef7eb 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/output/multi_subquery_0.source
+++ b/src/test/regress/output/multi_subquery_0.source
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ FROM
                                  ->  Seq Scan on events_270009 events  (cost=0.00..11.79 rows=3 width=556)
                                        Filter: ((event_type)::text = ANY ('{click,submit,pay}'::text[]))
  Master Query
-   ->  Aggregate  (cost=0.01..0.02 rows=1 width=0)
+   ->  Aggregate  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
          ->  Seq Scan on pg_merge_job_270014  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
 (22 rows)
 
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ GROUP BY
                                                    ->  Seq Scan on events_270009 events_2  (cost=0.00..12.28 rows=1 width=32)
                                                          Filter: ((composite_id >= '(1,-9223372036854775808)'::user_composite_type) AND (composite_id <= '(1,9223372036854775807)'::user_composite_type) AND ((event_type)::text = 'pay'::text))
  Master Query
-   ->  HashAggregate  (cost=0.00..0.18 rows=10 width=0)
+   ->  HashAggregate  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
          Group Key: intermediate_column_270015_2
          ->  Seq Scan on pg_merge_job_270015  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
 (40 rows)
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ LIMIT
                                                    ->  Seq Scan on events_270009 events  (cost=0.00..11.95 rows=1 width=524)
                                                          Filter: (((composite_id).tenant_id = ((users.composite_id).tenant_id)) AND ((composite_id).user_id = ((users.composite_id).user_id)))
  Master Query
-   ->  Limit  (cost=0.01..0.02 rows=0 width=0)
-         ->  Sort  (cost=0.01..0.02 rows=0 width=0)
+   ->  Limit  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
+         ->  Sort  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
                Sort Key: intermediate_column_270017_2 DESC
                ->  Seq Scan on pg_merge_job_270017  (cost=0.00..0.00 rows=0 width=0)
 (29 rows)