diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index a712a8db1..a25f18e8f 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     Unit tests and system test added for link creation cases.
     ([#607](https://github.com/ess-dmsc/kafka-to-nexus/pull/607))
 - Fixed a bug where the file-writer will not abandon an alternative command topic if it fails to start a file-writing job.
+- The f142 value statistics written to file is now done so according to the NeXus format.
 
 
 ## Version 4.0.0: Many, many changes
diff --git a/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.cpp b/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.cpp
index f38b7b375..6211fcb15 100644
--- a/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.cpp
+++ b/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.cpp
@@ -371,17 +371,18 @@ void f142_Writer::write(FlatbufferMessage const &Message) {
 
 void f142_Writer::register_meta_data(hdf5::node::Group const &HDFGroup,
                                      const MetaData::TrackerPtr &Tracker) {
-  auto UsedAttributeWriter =
-      MetaData::getPathOffsetAttributeWriter<double>("value");
+
   if (MetaData.getValue()) {
-    MetaDataMin = MetaData::Value<double>(HDFGroup, "min", UsedAttributeWriter);
+    MetaDataMin = MetaData::Value<double>(HDFGroup, "minimum_value",
+                                          MetaData::basicDatasetWriter<double>);
     Tracker->registerMetaData(MetaDataMin);
 
-    MetaDataMax = MetaData::Value<double>(HDFGroup, "max", UsedAttributeWriter);
+    MetaDataMax = MetaData::Value<double>(HDFGroup, "maximum_value",
+                                          MetaData::basicDatasetWriter<double>);
     Tracker->registerMetaData(MetaDataMax);
 
-    MetaDataMean =
-        MetaData::Value<double>(HDFGroup, "mean", UsedAttributeWriter);
+    MetaDataMean = MetaData::Value<double>(
+        HDFGroup, "average_value", MetaData::basicDatasetWriter<double>);
     Tracker->registerMetaData(MetaDataMean);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.h b/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.h
index 3a0668d97..d380ad635 100644
--- a/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.h
+++ b/src/WriterModule/f142/f142_Writer.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ class f142_Writer : public WriterModule::Base {
   void write(FlatbufferMessage const &Message) override;
 
   f142_Writer()
-      : WriterModule::Base(false, "NXlog"), MetaDataMin("", "min"),
-        MetaDataMax("", "max"), MetaDataMean("", "mean") {}
+      : WriterModule::Base(false, "NXlog"), MetaDataMin("", "minimum_value"),
+        MetaDataMax("", "maximum_value"), MetaDataMean("", "average_value") {}
   ~f142_Writer() override = default;
 
   enum class Type {
diff --git a/system-tests/test_f142_meta_data.py b/system-tests/test_f142_meta_data.py
index a67417e34..c4e70388c 100644
--- a/system-tests/test_f142_meta_data.py
+++ b/system-tests/test_f142_meta_data.py
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ def test_f142_meta_data(writer_channel, worker_pool, kafka_address):
     # file writer should recognise there is no data in that topic and close the corresponding streamer without problem.
     file_path = f"output-files/{file_name}"
     with OpenNexusFile(file_path) as file:
-        assert file["entry/meta_data_1/value"].attrs["min"] == Min
-        assert file["entry/meta_data_1/value"].attrs["max"] == Max
-        assert file["entry/meta_data_1/value"].attrs["mean"] == Mean
+        assert file["entry/meta_data_1/minimum_value"][0] == Min
+        assert file["entry/meta_data_1/maximum_value"][0] == Max
+        assert file["entry/meta_data_1/average_value"][0] == Mean
 
         FullArr = np.concatenate([Array1, Array2, Array3])
 
-        assert file["entry/meta_data_2/value"].attrs["min"] == FullArr.min()
-        assert file["entry/meta_data_2/value"].attrs["max"] == FullArr.max()
-        assert file["entry/meta_data_2/value"].attrs["mean"] == FullArr.mean()
+        assert file["entry/meta_data_2/minimum_value"][0] == FullArr.min()
+        assert file["entry/meta_data_2/maximum_value"][0] == FullArr.max()
+        assert file["entry/meta_data_2/average_value"][0] == FullArr.mean()