diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HMSTablePropertyHelper.java b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HMSTablePropertyHelper.java
index 494bd8089489..aee2fb04f164 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HMSTablePropertyHelper.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/HMSTablePropertyHelper.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public static void updateHmsTableForIcebergTable(
         maxHiveTablePropertySize);
     setStorageHandler(parameters, hiveEngineEnabled);
     setMetadataHash(metadata, parameters);
+    parameters.put(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, String.valueOf(metadata.formatVersion()));
 
     // Set the basic statistics
     if (summary.get(SnapshotSummary.TOTAL_DATA_FILES_PROP) != null) {
diff --git a/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java b/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java
index 58a45e68db89..36f6a35098e7 100644
--- a/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java
+++ b/hive-metastore/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/hive/TestHiveCatalog.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.FieldSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 /**
@@ -994,6 +995,54 @@ public void testUUIDinTableProperties() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @FieldSource("org.apache.iceberg.TestHelpers#ALL_VERSIONS")
+  void formatVersionInTableParametersOnCreate(int formatVersion) throws Exception {
+    Schema schema = getTestSchema();
+    TableIdentifier tableIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of(DB_NAME, "tbl");
+    String location = temp.resolve("tbl").toUri().toString();
+
+    try {
+      catalog
+          .buildTable(tableIdentifier, schema)
+          .withLocation(location)
+          .withProperty(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, String.valueOf(formatVersion))
+          .create();
+
+      assertThat(hmsTableParameters())
+          .containsEntry(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, String.valueOf(formatVersion));
+    } finally {
+      catalog.dropTable(tableIdentifier);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void formatVersionInTableParametersOnUpgrade() throws Exception {
+    Schema schema = getTestSchema();
+    TableIdentifier tableIdentifier = TableIdentifier.of(DB_NAME, "tbl");
+    String location = temp.resolve("tbl").toString();
+    int upgradedFormatVersion = 3;
+
+    try {
+      catalog
+          .buildTable(tableIdentifier, schema)
+          .withLocation(location)
+          .withProperty(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, "2")
+          .create();
+
+      catalog
+          .loadTable(tableIdentifier)
+          .updateProperties()
+          .set(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, String.valueOf(upgradedFormatVersion))
+          .commit();
+
+      assertThat(hmsTableParameters())
+          .containsEntry(TableProperties.FORMAT_VERSION, String.valueOf(upgradedFormatVersion));
+    } finally {
+      catalog.dropTable(tableIdentifier);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSnapshotStatsTableProperties() throws Exception {
     Schema schema = getTestSchema();