diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/__tests__/resolveArgs.test.js b/packages/webpack-cli/__tests__/resolveArgs.test.js
index f199870cfb3..1eff36c414f 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/__tests__/resolveArgs.test.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/__tests__/resolveArgs.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 const { resolve } = require('path');
+const { version } = require('webpack');
 const webpackCLI = require('../lib/webpack-cli');
 
 const targetValues = ['web', 'webworker', 'node', 'async-node', 'node-webkit', 'electron-main', 'electron-renderer', 'electron-preload'];
+const statsPresets = ['normal', 'detailed', 'errors-only', 'errors-warnings', 'minimal', 'verbose', 'none'];
+
+if (version.startsWith('5')) {
+    statsPresets.push('summary');
+}
 
 const basicResolver = new webpackCLI().resolveArguments;
 
@@ -83,4 +89,12 @@ describe('BasicResolver', () => {
             expect(result.options.target).toEqual(option);
         });
     });
+
+    statsPresets.map((preset) => {
+        it(`should handle ${preset} preset`, async () => {
+            const result = await basicResolver({ options: {} }, { stats: preset });
+
+            expect(result.options.stats).toEqual(preset);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/stats/config/stats.test.js b/test/stats/config/stats.test.js
index 932e57f56ab..2eeb66671c7 100644
--- a/test/stats/config/stats.test.js
+++ b/test/stats/config/stats.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 /* eslint-disable node/no-extraneous-require */
 'use strict';
 // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-unpublished-require
-const { run } = require('../../utils/test-utils');
+const { run, isWebpack5 } = require('../../utils/test-utils');
 const { version } = require('webpack');
 
+// 'normal' is used in webpack.config.js
+const statsPresets = ['detailed', 'errors-only', 'errors-warnings', 'minimal', 'verbose', 'none'];
+
+if (isWebpack5) {
+    statsPresets.push('summary');
+}
+
 describe('stats flag with config', () => {
     it('should compile without stats flag', () => {
         const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, []);
@@ -18,17 +25,20 @@ describe('stats flag with config', () => {
             expect(stdout).toContain(`stats: 'normal'`);
         }
     });
-    it('should compile with stats flag', () => {
-        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--stats', 'errors-warnings']);
 
-        expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
-        expect(stderr).toContain('Compilation starting...');
-        expect(stderr).toContain('Compilation finished');
+    for (const preset of statsPresets) {
+        it(`should override 'noramal' value in config with "${preset}"`, () => {
+            const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--stats', `${preset}`]);
 
-        if (version.startsWith('5')) {
-            expect(stdout).toContain(`stats: { preset: 'errors-warnings' }`);
-        } else {
-            expect(stdout).toContain(`stats: 'errors-warnings'`);
-        }
-    });
+            expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+            expect(stderr).toContain('Compilation starting...');
+            expect(stderr).toContain('Compilation finished');
+
+            if (isWebpack5) {
+                expect(stdout).toContain(`stats: { preset: '${preset}' }`);
+            } else {
+                expect(stdout).toContain(`stats: '${preset}'`);
+            }
+        });
+    }
 });