diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
index b35750cfd9fb..f10868760c37 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeMetadata.java
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@ public class DeltaLakeMetadata
     private static final int WRITER_VERSION = 2;
     // The highest writer version Trino supports writing to
     private static final int MAX_WRITER_VERSION = 3;
+    // This constant should be used only for a new table
+    private static final ProtocolEntry DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = new ProtocolEntry(READER_VERSION, WRITER_VERSION);
     // Matches the dummy column Databricks stores in the metastore
     private static final List<Column> DUMMY_DATA_COLUMNS = ImmutableList.of(
             new Column("col", HiveType.toHiveType(new ArrayType(VarcharType.createUnboundedVarcharType())), Optional.empty()));
@@ -718,7 +720,8 @@ public void createTable(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableMetadata tableMe
                         session,
                         nodeVersion,
                         nodeId,
-                        tableMetadata.getComment());
+                        tableMetadata.getComment(),
+                        DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
 
                 setRollback(() -> deleteRecursivelyIfExists(new HdfsContext(session), hdfsEnvironment, deltaLogDirectory));
                 transactionLogWriter.flush();
@@ -984,7 +987,8 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishCreateTable(
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
                     nodeId,
-                    handle.getComment());
+                    handle.getComment(),
+                    DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
             appendAddFileEntries(transactionLogWriter, dataFileInfos, handle.getPartitionedBy(), true);
             transactionLogWriter.flush();
             PrincipalPrivileges principalPrivileges = buildInitialPrivilegeSet(table.getOwner().orElseThrow());
@@ -1063,7 +1067,8 @@ public void setTableComment(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle table
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
                     nodeId,
-                    comment);
+                    comment,
+                    getProtocolEntry(session, handle.getSchemaTableName()));
             transactionLogWriter.flush();
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
@@ -1110,7 +1115,8 @@ public void setColumnComment(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tabl
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
                     nodeId,
-                    Optional.ofNullable(deltaLakeTableHandle.getMetadataEntry().getDescription()));
+                    Optional.ofNullable(deltaLakeTableHandle.getMetadataEntry().getDescription()),
+                    getProtocolEntry(session, deltaLakeTableHandle.getSchemaTableName()));
             transactionLogWriter.flush();
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
@@ -1168,7 +1174,8 @@ public void addColumn(ConnectorSession session, ConnectorTableHandle tableHandle
                     session,
                     nodeVersion,
                     nodeId,
-                    Optional.ofNullable(handle.getMetadataEntry().getDescription()));
+                    Optional.ofNullable(handle.getMetadataEntry().getDescription()),
+                    getProtocolEntry(session, handle.getSchemaTableName()));
             transactionLogWriter.flush();
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
@@ -1190,7 +1197,8 @@ private static void appendTableEntries(
             ConnectorSession session,
             String nodeVersion,
             String nodeId,
-            Optional<String> comment)
+            Optional<String> comment,
+            ProtocolEntry protocolEntry)
     {
         long createdTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
         transactionLogWriter.appendCommitInfoEntry(
@@ -1208,7 +1216,7 @@ private static void appendTableEntries(
                         ISOLATION_LEVEL,
                         true));
 
-        transactionLogWriter.appendProtocolEntry(new ProtocolEntry(READER_VERSION, WRITER_VERSION));
+        transactionLogWriter.appendProtocolEntry(protocolEntry);
 
         transactionLogWriter.appendMetadataEntry(
                 new MetadataEntry(
@@ -1848,7 +1856,7 @@ private void checkUnsupportedGeneratedColumns(MetadataEntry metadataEntry)
 
     private void checkSupportedWriterVersion(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName schemaTableName)
     {
-        int requiredWriterVersion = metastore.getProtocol(session, metastore.getSnapshot(schemaTableName, session)).getMinWriterVersion();
+        int requiredWriterVersion = getProtocolEntry(session, schemaTableName).getMinWriterVersion();
         if (requiredWriterVersion > MAX_WRITER_VERSION) {
             throw new TrinoException(
                     NOT_SUPPORTED,
@@ -1856,6 +1864,11 @@ private void checkSupportedWriterVersion(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableNa
         }
     }
 
+    private ProtocolEntry getProtocolEntry(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName schemaTableName)
+    {
+        return metastore.getProtocol(session, metastore.getSnapshot(schemaTableName, session));
+    }
+
     private List<DeltaLakeColumnHandle> getUnmodifiedColumns(DeltaLakeTableHandle tableHandle, List<ColumnHandle> updatedColumns)
     {
         Set<DeltaLakeColumnHandle> updatedColumnHandles = updatedColumns.stream()
diff --git a/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java b/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java
index fbbe319d2d04..607da1e68e2b 100644
--- a/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java
+++ b/testing/trino-product-tests/src/main/java/io/trino/tests/product/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAlterTableCompatibility.java
@@ -263,4 +263,32 @@ public void testTrinoAlterTablePreservesTableMetadata()
             onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE delta.default." + tableName);
         }
     }
+
+    @Test(groups = {DELTA_LAKE_DATABRICKS, DELTA_LAKE_OSS, PROFILE_SPECIFIC_TESTS})
+    public void testTrinoAlterTablePreservesReaderAndWriterVersions()
+    {
+        String tableName = "test_trino_alter_table_preserves_versions_" + randomTableSuffix();
+        String tableDirectory = "databricks-compatibility-test-" + tableName;
+
+        onDelta().executeQuery(format("" +
+                        "CREATE TABLE default.%s (col int) " +
+                        "USING DELTA LOCATION 's3://%s/%s'" +
+                        "TBLPROPERTIES ('delta.minReaderVersion'='1', 'delta.minWriterVersion'='1')",
+                tableName,
+                bucketName,
+                tableDirectory));
+        try {
+            onTrino().executeQuery("COMMENT ON COLUMN delta.default." + tableName + ".col IS 'test column comment'");
+            onTrino().executeQuery("COMMENT ON TABLE delta.default." + tableName + " IS 'test table comment'");
+            onTrino().executeQuery("ALTER TABLE delta.default." + tableName + " ADD COLUMN new_column INT");
+
+            List<?> minReaderVersion = getOnlyElement(onDelta().executeQuery("SHOW TBLPROPERTIES " + tableName + "(delta.minReaderVersion)").rows());
+            assertEquals((String) minReaderVersion.get(1), "1");
+            List<?> minWriterVersion = getOnlyElement(onDelta().executeQuery("SHOW TBLPROPERTIES " + tableName + "(delta.minWriterVersion)").rows());
+            assertEquals((String) minWriterVersion.get(1), "1");
+        }
+        finally {
+            onTrino().executeQuery("DROP TABLE delta.default." + tableName);
+        }
+    }
 }