diff --git a/src/main/thrift/parquet.thrift b/src/main/thrift/parquet.thrift
index fe259d61..040ffc15 100644
--- a/src/main/thrift/parquet.thrift
+++ b/src/main/thrift/parquet.thrift
@@ -1363,16 +1363,38 @@ union EncryptionAlgorithm {
  * Description for file metadata
  */
 struct FileMetaData {
-  /** Version of this file
+  /** Major Parquet Format Version
     *
-    * As of December 2025, there is no agreed upon consensus of what constitutes
-    * version 2 of the file. For maximum compatibility with readers, writers should
-    * always populate "1" for version. For maximum compatibility with writers,
-    * readers should accept "1" and "2" interchangeably.  All other versions are
-    * reserved for potential future use-cases.
+    * This corresponds to the highest major version of the parquet-format whose
+    * features the file uses. For example, if a file contains features from parquet-format
+    * version 2.4, then this field should be set to "2".
+    *
+    * Prior to 2026, some readers supported features added in version 2.0 and
+    * greater, but would reject files with the version set to 2. It was common
+    * practice for writers to populate "1" for version even if they used version
+    * 2.0.
+    *
+    * For maximum compatibility with writers, readers should accept "1" and "2"
+    * interchangeably.  All other versions are reserved for potential future
+    * use-cases.
     */
   1: required i32 version
 
+  /** Minor Parquet Format Version
+    *
+    * This corresponds to the highest minor version of the parquet-format whose
+    * features the file uses. For example, if a file contains features from
+    * parquet-format version 2.4, then this field should be set to "4".
+    *
+    * Note that Parquet does not follow semantic versioning and new
+    * forward-incompatible features, such as new encodings, can be added in
+    * minor versions. See the documentation[1] for more details on the versioning
+    * scheme and the features added in each version.
+    *
+    * [1]: http://parquet.apache.org/docs/file-format/versions
+    */
+  10: optional i32 minor_version
+
   /** Parquet schema for this file.  This schema contains metadata for all the columns.
    * The schema is represented as a tree with a single root.  The nodes of the tree
    * are flattened to a list by doing a depth-first traversal.