diff --git a/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/source.rs b/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/source.rs
index 2469962ca0bc..dd10363079f9 100644
--- a/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/source.rs
+++ b/datafusion/datasource-parquet/src/source.rs
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ impl ParquetSource {
     }
 
     /// Optional predicate.
+    #[deprecated(since = "50.2.0", note = "use `filter` instead")]
     pub fn predicate(&self) -> Option<&Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>> {
         self.predicate.as_ref()
     }
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@ impl FileSource for ParquetSource {
         // (bloom filters use `pruning_predicate` too).
         // Because filter pushdown may happen dynamically as long as there is a predicate
         // if we have *any* predicate applied, we can't guarantee the statistics are exact.
-        if self.predicate().is_some() {
+        if self.filter().is_some() {
             Ok(statistics.to_inexact())
         } else {
             Ok(statistics)
@@ -646,7 +647,7 @@ impl FileSource for ParquetSource {
         match t {
             DisplayFormatType::Default | DisplayFormatType::Verbose => {
                 let predicate_string = self
-                    .predicate()
+                    .filter()
                     .map(|p| format!(", predicate={p}"))
                     .unwrap_or_default();
 
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ impl FileSource for ParquetSource {
                 Ok(())
             }
             DisplayFormatType::TreeRender => {
-                if let Some(predicate) = self.predicate() {
+                if let Some(predicate) = self.filter() {
                     writeln!(f, "predicate={}", fmt_sql(predicate.as_ref()))?;
                 }
                 Ok(())
@@ -780,3 +781,19 @@ impl FileSource for ParquetSource {
         self.schema_adapter_factory.clone()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use datafusion_physical_expr::expressions::lit;
+
+    #[test]
+    #[allow(deprecated)]
+    fn test_parquet_source_predicate_same_as_filter() {
+        let predicate = lit(true);
+
+        let parquet_source = ParquetSource::default().with_predicate(predicate);
+        // same value. but filter() call Arc::clone internally
+        assert_eq!(parquet_source.predicate(), parquet_source.filter().as_ref());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/src/physical_plan/mod.rs b/datafusion/proto/src/physical_plan/mod.rs
index e7d8479c1405..18dde6a4fe09 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/src/physical_plan/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/proto/src/physical_plan/mod.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use datafusion::datasource::physical_plan::AvroSource;
 #[cfg(feature = "parquet")]
 use datafusion::datasource::physical_plan::ParquetSource;
 use datafusion::datasource::physical_plan::{
-    CsvSource, FileScanConfig, FileScanConfigBuilder, JsonSource,
+    CsvSource, FileScanConfig, FileScanConfigBuilder, FileSource, JsonSource,
 };
 use datafusion::datasource::sink::DataSinkExec;
 use datafusion::datasource::source::{DataSource, DataSourceExec};
@@ -2591,8 +2591,8 @@ impl protobuf::PhysicalPlanNode {
             data_source_exec.downcast_to_file_source::<ParquetSource>()
         {
             let predicate = conf
-                .predicate()
-                .map(|pred| serialize_physical_expr(pred, extension_codec))
+                .filter()
+                .map(|pred| serialize_physical_expr(&pred, extension_codec))
                 .transpose()?;
             return Ok(Some(protobuf::PhysicalPlanNode {
                 physical_plan_type: Some(PhysicalPlanType::ParquetScan(