diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/commands.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/commands.scala
index c21f330be064..378627f320c2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/commands.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/commands.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, InternalRow}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Attribute, AttributeReference}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.QueryPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{Command, LogicalPlan}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.LeafLike
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.{LeafLike, UnaryLike}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.ExternalCommandRunner
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{CommandExecutionMode, ExplainMode, LeafExecNode, SparkPlan, UnaryExecNode}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.metric.SQLMetric
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ trait RunnableCommand extends Command {
 
 trait LeafRunnableCommand extends RunnableCommand with LeafLike[LogicalPlan]
 
+trait UnaryRunnableCommand extends RunnableCommand with UnaryLike[LogicalPlan]
+
 /**
  * A physical operator that executes the run method of a `RunnableCommand` and
  * saves the result to prevent multiple executions.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/createDataSourceTables.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/createDataSourceTables.scala
index 3848d5505155..dd748d67ab71 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/createDataSourceTables.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/createDataSourceTables.scala
@@ -141,9 +141,13 @@ case class CreateDataSourceTableAsSelectCommand(
     mode: SaveMode,
     query: LogicalPlan,
     outputColumnNames: Seq[String])
-  extends LeafRunnableCommand {
+  extends UnaryRunnableCommand {
   assert(query.resolved)
-  override def innerChildren: Seq[LogicalPlan] = query :: Nil
+  override def child: LogicalPlan = query
+
+  override protected def withNewChildInternal(newChild: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+    copy(query = newChild)
+  }
 
   override def run(sparkSession: SparkSession): Seq[Row] = {
     assert(table.tableType != CatalogTableType.VIEW)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 03a3acaf526f..e1b60b687cab 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -4667,6 +4667,13 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSpark
         |SELECT * FROM z
         |""".stripMargin).collect()
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-43883: CTAS commands are unary nodes") {
+    withTable("t") {
+      val ctasQuery = sql("CREATE TABLE t USING parquet AS SELECT 1")
+      assert(ctasQuery.logicalPlan.containsChild.size == 1)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 case class Foo(bar: Option[String])
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
index 4127e7c75d79..319a9a049069 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand.scala
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.execution
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{Row, SaveMode, SparkSession}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.TableIdentifier
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTable
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.CharVarcharUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.errors.QueryCompilationErrors
-import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.{DataWritingCommand, LeafRunnableCommand}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.{DataWritingCommand, UnaryRunnableCommand}
 
 /**
  * Create table and insert the query result into it.
@@ -38,11 +39,14 @@ case class CreateHiveTableAsSelectCommand(
     query: LogicalPlan,
     outputColumnNames: Seq[String],
     mode: SaveMode)
-  extends LeafRunnableCommand {
+  extends UnaryRunnableCommand {
   assert(query.resolved)
-  override def innerChildren: Seq[LogicalPlan] = query :: Nil
+  protected val tableIdentifier: TableIdentifier = tableDesc.identifier
+  override def child: LogicalPlan = query
 
-  protected val tableIdentifier = tableDesc.identifier
+  override protected def withNewChildInternal(newChild: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+    copy(query = newChild)
+  }
 
   override def run(sparkSession: SparkSession): Seq[Row] = {
     val catalog = sparkSession.sessionState.catalog