diff --git a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/SizeStatistics.java b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/SizeStatistics.java
index 97a49be652..0dbb20e660 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/SizeStatistics.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/SizeStatistics.java
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ public SizeStatistics(
       List<Long> definitionLevelHistogram) {
     this.type = type;
     this.unencodedByteArrayDataBytes = unencodedByteArrayDataBytes;
-    this.repetitionLevelHistogram = repetitionLevelHistogram;
-    this.definitionLevelHistogram = definitionLevelHistogram;
+    this.repetitionLevelHistogram =
+        repetitionLevelHistogram == null ? Collections.emptyList() : repetitionLevelHistogram;
+    this.definitionLevelHistogram =
+        definitionLevelHistogram == null ? Collections.emptyList() : definitionLevelHistogram;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/TestSizeStatistics.java b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/TestSizeStatistics.java
index 6c166b0e7f..6e2b68167d 100644
--- a/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/TestSizeStatistics.java
+++ b/parquet-column/src/test/java/org/apache/parquet/column/statistics/TestSizeStatistics.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.parquet.column.statistics;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import org.apache.parquet.io.api.Binary;
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.LogicalTypeAnnotation;
@@ -124,4 +125,20 @@ public void testCopyStatistics() {
     Assert.assertEquals(Arrays.asList(1L, 1L, 1L), copy.getRepetitionLevelHistogram());
     Assert.assertEquals(Arrays.asList(1L, 1L, 1L), copy.getDefinitionLevelHistogram());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testOmittedHistogram() {
+    PrimitiveType type = Types.optional(PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY)
+        .as(LogicalTypeAnnotation.stringType())
+        .named("a");
+    SizeStatistics statistics = new SizeStatistics(type, 1024L, null, null);
+    Assert.assertEquals(Optional.of(1024L), statistics.getUnencodedByteArrayDataBytes());
+    Assert.assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), statistics.getRepetitionLevelHistogram());
+    Assert.assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), statistics.getDefinitionLevelHistogram());
+
+    SizeStatistics copy = statistics.copy();
+    Assert.assertEquals(Optional.of(1024L), copy.getUnencodedByteArrayDataBytes());
+    Assert.assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), copy.getRepetitionLevelHistogram());
+    Assert.assertEquals(Collections.emptyList(), copy.getDefinitionLevelHistogram());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
index d1c6b01c93..e72f2c33a2 100644
--- a/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
+++ b/parquet-hadoop/src/main/java/org/apache/parquet/format/converter/ParquetMetadataConverter.java
@@ -2382,8 +2382,14 @@ public static SizeStatistics toParquetSizeStatistics(org.apache.parquet.column.s
       formatStats.setUnencoded_byte_array_data_bytes(
           stats.getUnencodedByteArrayDataBytes().get());
     }
-    formatStats.setRepetition_level_histogram(stats.getRepetitionLevelHistogram());
-    formatStats.setDefinition_level_histogram(stats.getDefinitionLevelHistogram());
+    List<Long> repLevelHistogram = stats.getRepetitionLevelHistogram();
+    if (repLevelHistogram != null && !repLevelHistogram.isEmpty()) {
+      formatStats.setRepetition_level_histogram(repLevelHistogram);
+    }
+    List<Long> defLevelHistogram = stats.getDefinitionLevelHistogram();
+    if (defLevelHistogram != null && !defLevelHistogram.isEmpty()) {
+      formatStats.setDefinition_level_histogram(defLevelHistogram);
+    }
     return formatStats;
   }
 }
diff --git a/parquet-plugins/parquet-encoding-vector/pom.xml b/parquet-plugins/parquet-encoding-vector/pom.xml
index 4b79efdeb6..390ac88007 100644
--- a/parquet-plugins/parquet-encoding-vector/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-plugins/parquet-encoding-vector/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
-    <version>1.15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/parquet-plugins/parquet-plugins-benchmarks/pom.xml b/parquet-plugins/parquet-plugins-benchmarks/pom.xml
index 19e500bdc3..99f779c8fa 100644
--- a/parquet-plugins/parquet-plugins-benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-plugins/parquet-plugins-benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
     <artifactId>parquet</artifactId>
-    <version>1.15.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.15.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>