diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index e1835cfe88f9..f13626380ea6 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
 import static java.util.function.Function.identity;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.ReachableFileUtil.metadataFileLocations;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.ReachableFileUtil.statisticsFilesLocations;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.SnapshotSummary.DELETED_RECORDS_PROP;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.SnapshotSummary.REMOVED_EQ_DELETES_PROP;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.SnapshotSummary.REMOVED_POS_DELETES_PROP;
@@ -1650,6 +1651,10 @@ private void removeOrphanFiles(Table table, ConnectorSession session, SchemaTabl
                 .map(IcebergUtil::fileName)
                 .forEach(validMetadataFileNames::add);
 
+        statisticsFilesLocations(table).stream()
+                .map(IcebergUtil::fileName)
+                .forEach(validMetadataFileNames::add);
+
         validMetadataFileNames.add("version-hint.text");
 
         scanAndDeleteInvalidFiles(table, session, schemaTableName, expiration, validDataFileNames.build(), "data");
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java
index 95929f03fd16..ed233516ff86 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java
@@ -5744,7 +5744,7 @@ private void testCleaningUpWithTableWithSpecifiedLocation(String suffix)
         List<String> prunedMetadataFiles = getAllMetadataFilesFromTableDirectory(tableDirectory);
         List<Long> prunedSnapshots = getSnapshotIds(tableName);
         assertThat(prunedMetadataFiles).as("prunedMetadataFiles")
-                .hasSize(initialMetadataFiles.size() - 3);
+                .hasSize(initialMetadataFiles.size() - 2);
         assertThat(prunedSnapshots).as("prunedSnapshots")
                 .hasSizeLessThan(initialSnapshots.size())
                 .hasSize(1);