diff --git a/tests/sstable_3_x_test.cc b/tests/sstable_3_x_test.cc
index 6d61003e84..47580fd896 100644
--- a/tests/sstable_3_x_test.cc
+++ b/tests/sstable_3_x_test.cc
@@ -3440,7 +3440,7 @@ SEASTAR_THREAD_TEST_CASE(test_write_collection_incremental_update) {
 
     lw_shared_ptr<memtable> mt = make_lw_shared<memtable>(s);
 
-    // UPDATE collection_incremental_update SET col = col + {2} WHERE pk = 1;
+    // UPDATE collection_incremental_update USING TIMESTAMP 1525385507816568 SET col = col + {2} WHERE pk = 1;
     auto key = partition_key::from_deeply_exploded(*s, { 1 });
     mutation mut{s, key};
 
@@ -3451,7 +3451,8 @@ SEASTAR_THREAD_TEST_CASE(test_write_collection_incremental_update) {
     mt->apply(mut);
 
     tmpdir tmp = write_and_compare_sstables(s, mt, table_name);
-    validate_read(s, tmp.path, {mut});
+    auto written_sst = validate_read(s, tmp.path, {mut});
+    validate_stats_metadata(s, written_sst, table_name);
 }
 
 SEASTAR_THREAD_TEST_CASE(test_write_multiple_partitions) {
diff --git a/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-Statistics.db b/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-Statistics.db
index 00bec5b884..bf0460ba0f 100644
Binary files a/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-Statistics.db and b/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-Statistics.db differ
diff --git a/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-TOC.txt b/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-TOC.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba1fabad12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sstables/3.x/uncompressed/write_collection_incremental_update/mc-1-big-TOC.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Data.db
+Digest.crc32
+Index.db
+TOC.txt
+Filter.db
+Statistics.db