diff --git a/src/include/duckdb/parser/property_graph_table.hpp b/src/include/duckdb/parser/property_graph_table.hpp
index 7f28538fd98..2198633fdb7 100644
--- a/src/include/duckdb/parser/property_graph_table.hpp
+++ b/src/include/duckdb/parser/property_graph_table.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ class PropertyGraphTable {
 
 	void Serialize(Serializer &serializer) const;
 
-	static unique_ptr<PropertyGraphTable> Deserialize(Deserializer &deserializer);
+	static shared_ptr<PropertyGraphTable> Deserialize(Deserializer &deserializer);
 };
 } // namespace duckdb
diff --git a/src/parser/property_graph_table.cpp b/src/parser/property_graph_table.cpp
index 6d9890604c5..60371a2ff22 100644
--- a/src/parser/property_graph_table.cpp
+++ b/src/parser/property_graph_table.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void PropertyGraphTable::Serialize(Serializer &serializer) const {
 	writer.Finalize();
 }
 
-unique_ptr<PropertyGraphTable> PropertyGraphTable::Deserialize(Deserializer &deserializer) {
+shared_ptr<PropertyGraphTable> PropertyGraphTable::Deserialize(Deserializer &deserializer) {
 	auto pg_table = make_uniq<PropertyGraphTable>();
 	FieldReader reader(deserializer);
 	pg_table->table_name = reader.ReadRequired<string>();