diff --git a/session/bootstrap.go b/session/bootstrap.go
index c3e74ca261889..f34dac109cfda 100644
--- a/session/bootstrap.go
+++ b/session/bootstrap.go
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ const (
 	// oom-action when upgrade from v3.0.x to v4.0.11+.
 	tidbDefOOMAction = "default_oom_action"
 
-	tiDBStatsGCLastTS        = "tidb_stats_gc_last_stats"
+	tiDBStatsGCLastTS        = "tidb_stats_gc_last_ts"
 	tiDBStatsGCLastTSComment = "the previous gc timestamp for statistics"
 	// Const for TiDB server version 2.
 	version2  = 2
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ const (
 
 // currentBootstrapVersion is defined as a variable, so we can modify its value for testing.
 // please make sure this is the largest version
-var currentBootstrapVersion int64 = version172
+var currentBootstrapVersion int64 = version173
 
 // DDL owner key's expired time is ManagerSessionTTL seconds, we should wait the time and give more time to have a chance to finish it.
 var internalSQLTimeout = owner.ManagerSessionTTL + 15
@@ -2801,8 +2801,12 @@ func upgradeToVer173(s Session, ver int64) {
 	if ver >= version173 {
 		return
 	}
+	writeStatsGCLastPos(s)
+}
+
+func writeStatsGCLastPos(s Session) {
 	mustExecute(s, "INSERT HIGH_PRIORITY INTO %n.%n VALUES(%?, %?, %?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE VARIABLE_VALUE = %?",
-		mysql.SystemDB, mysql.TiDBTable, tiDBStatsGCLastTS, 0, tiDBStatsGCLastTSComment)
+		mysql.SystemDB, mysql.TiDBTable, tiDBStatsGCLastTS, 0, tiDBStatsGCLastTSComment, 0)
 }
 
 func writeOOMAction(s Session) {
@@ -3057,6 +3061,8 @@ func doDMLWorks(s Session) {
 
 	writeStmtSummaryVars(s)
 
+	writeStatsGCLastPos(s)
+
 	ctx := kv.WithInternalSourceType(context.Background(), kv.InternalTxnBootstrap)
 	_, err := s.ExecuteInternal(ctx, "COMMIT")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/statistics/handle/gc.go b/statistics/handle/gc.go
index 406e73f6bc202..72296f66d43ed 100644
--- a/statistics/handle/gc.go
+++ b/statistics/handle/gc.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+const gcLastTSVarName = "tidb_stats_gc_last_ts"
+
 // GCStats will garbage collect the useless stats info. For dropped tables, we will first update their version so that
 // other tidb could know that table is deleted.
 func (h *Handle) GCStats(is infoschema.InfoSchema, ddlLease time.Duration) (err error) {
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ func (h *Handle) GCStats(is infoschema.InfoSchema, ddlLease time.Duration) (err
 
 // GetLastGCTimestamp loads the last gc time from mysql.tidb.
 func (h *Handle) GetLastGCTimestamp(ctx context.Context) (uint64, error) {
-	rows, _, err := h.execRestrictedSQL(ctx, "SELECT HIGH_PRIORITY variable_value FROM mysql.tidb WHERE variable_name=%?", "tidb_stats_gc_last_ts")
+	rows, _, err := h.execRestrictedSQL(ctx, "SELECT HIGH_PRIORITY variable_value FROM mysql.tidb WHERE variable_name=%?", gcLastTSVarName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ func (h *Handle) writeGCTimestampToKV(ctx context.Context, newTS uint64) error {
 	_, _, err := h.execRestrictedSQL(ctx,
 		"update mysql.tidb set variable_value = %? where variable_name = %?",
 		newTS,
-		"tidb_stats_gc_last_ts",
+		gcLastTSVarName,
 	)
 	return err
 }