diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
index 3863b8bba..94389ae15 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/distributed_deadlock_detection.c
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ CheckForDistributedDeadlocks(void)
 			LogDistributedDeadlockDebugMessage("Distributed deadlock found among the "
 											   "following distributed transactions:");
 
+			Bitmapset *involvedNodes = NULL;
+
 			/*
 			 * We search for the youngest participant for two reasons
 			 * (i) predictable results (ii) cancel the youngest transaction
@@ -203,6 +205,23 @@ CheckForDistributedDeadlocks(void)
 				{
 					youngestAliveTransaction = currentNode;
 				}
+
+				involvedNodes = bms_add_members(involvedNodes,
+												currentNode->blockedOnNodes);
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * If only a single node is involved in the cycle we rely on the
+			 * local deadlock detection from Postgres. We do this because
+			 * Postgres its local deadlock detection is more advanced than
+			 * Citus its distributed deadlock detection. Postgres deadlock
+			 * detection can sometimes resolve a deadlock without canceling any
+			 * query. It does this by changing the order of processes in the
+			 * lock wait queues.
+			 */
+			if (bms_num_members(involvedNodes))
+			{
+				continue;
 			}
 
 			/* we found the deadlock and its associated proc exists */
@@ -487,6 +506,8 @@ BuildAdjacencyListsForWaitGraph(WaitGraph *waitGraph)
 
 		waitingTransaction->waitsFor = lappend(waitingTransaction->waitsFor,
 											   blockingTransaction);
+		waitingTransaction->blockedOnNodes = bms_add_member(
+			waitingTransaction->blockedOnNodes, edge->nodeId);
 	}
 
 	return adjacencyList;
@@ -511,6 +532,7 @@ GetOrCreateTransactionNode(HTAB *adjacencyList, DistributedTransactionId *transa
 	{
 		transactionNode->waitsFor = NIL;
 		transactionNode->initiatorProc = NULL;
+		transactionNode->blockedOnNodes = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return transactionNode;
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/lock_graph.c b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/lock_graph.c
index 8f8c21915..b487cb93d 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/transaction/lock_graph.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/transaction/lock_graph.c
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ typedef struct PROCStack
 } PROCStack;
 
 
-static void AddWaitEdgeFromResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex);
+static void AddWaitEdgeFromResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex,
+								  WorkerNode *worker);
 static void ReturnWaitGraph(WaitGraph *waitGraph, FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
 static void AddWaitEdgeFromBlockedProcessResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result,
-												int rowIndex);
+												int rowIndex, WorkerNode *worker);
 static void ReturnBlockedProcessGraph(WaitGraph *waitGraph, FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
 static WaitGraph * BuildLocalWaitGraph(bool onlyDistributedTx);
 static bool IsProcessWaitingForSafeOperations(PGPROC *proc);
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ BuildGlobalWaitGraph(bool onlyDistributedTx)
 	}
 
 	/* receive dump_local_wait_edges results */
-	foreach_ptr(connection, connectionList)
+	forboth_ptr(connection, connectionList, workerNode, workerNodeList)
 	{
 		bool raiseInterrupts = true;
 
@@ -234,11 +235,12 @@ BuildGlobalWaitGraph(bool onlyDistributedTx)
 		{
 			if (onlyDistributedTx)
 			{
-				AddWaitEdgeFromResult(waitGraph, result, rowIndex);
+				AddWaitEdgeFromResult(waitGraph, result, rowIndex, workerNode);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				AddWaitEdgeFromBlockedProcessResult(waitGraph, result, rowIndex);
+				AddWaitEdgeFromBlockedProcessResult(waitGraph, result, rowIndex,
+													workerNode);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -255,7 +257,8 @@ BuildGlobalWaitGraph(bool onlyDistributedTx)
  * a PGresult.
  */
 static void
-AddWaitEdgeFromResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex)
+AddWaitEdgeFromResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex,
+					  WorkerNode *worker)
 {
 	WaitEdge *waitEdge = AllocWaitEdge(waitGraph);
 
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ AddWaitEdgeFromResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex)
 	waitEdge->blockingTransactionNum = ParseIntField(result, rowIndex, 6);
 	waitEdge->blockingTransactionStamp = ParseTimestampTzField(result, rowIndex, 7);
 	waitEdge->isBlockingXactWaiting = ParseBoolField(result, rowIndex, 8);
+	waitEdge->nodeId = worker->nodeId;
 }
 
 
@@ -278,7 +282,8 @@ AddWaitEdgeFromResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex)
  * is read from a PGresult.
  */
 static void
-AddWaitEdgeFromBlockedProcessResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex)
+AddWaitEdgeFromBlockedProcessResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int rowIndex,
+									WorkerNode *worker)
 {
 	WaitEdge *waitEdge = AllocWaitEdge(waitGraph);
 
@@ -293,6 +298,7 @@ AddWaitEdgeFromBlockedProcessResult(WaitGraph *waitGraph, PGresult *result, int
 	waitEdge->blockingTransactionNum = ParseIntField(result, rowIndex, 8);
 	waitEdge->blockingTransactionStamp = ParseTimestampTzField(result, rowIndex, 9);
 	waitEdge->isBlockingXactWaiting = ParseBoolField(result, rowIndex, 10);
+	waitEdge->nodeId = worker->nodeId;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/distributed_deadlock_detection.h b/src/include/distributed/distributed_deadlock_detection.h
index 23f6554ef..8c5f0fd6a 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/distributed_deadlock_detection.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/distributed_deadlock_detection.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ typedef struct TransactionNode
 	PGPROC *initiatorProc;
 
 	bool transactionVisited;
+	Bitmapset *blockedOnNodes;
 } TransactionNode;
 
 
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/lock_graph.h b/src/include/distributed/lock_graph.h
index f204ebb03..dca8cac5e 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/lock_graph.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/lock_graph.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ typedef struct WaitEdge
 
 	/* blocking transaction is also waiting on a lock */
 	bool isBlockingXactWaiting;
+
+	int nodeId;
 } WaitEdge;