diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ca5d4aa..032497a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Switch to lat/lon-based plotting with `pcolormesh` and `cartopy` for accurate spatial visualisation regardless of underlying projection. [\#168](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/168) @sadamov
 
+- Resolve `xarray` `FacetGrid` `DeprecationWarning` in `plot_example.py` by using a compatibility shim [\#482](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/482) @sohampatil01-svg
+
 - Replace `shell=True` subprocess call in `compute_standardization_stats.py` with a safe argument list and Python-side hostname parsing to prevent command injection via `SLURM_JOB_NODELIST` [\#264](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/264) @ashum9
 
 - Avoid NaN when standardizing fields with zero std [#189](https://github.com/mllam/neural-lam/pull/189) @varunsiravuri
diff --git a/neural_lam/datastore/plot_example.py b/neural_lam/datastore/plot_example.py
index 4f61ac7e..44da2d20 100644
--- a/neural_lam/datastore/plot_example.py
+++ b/neural_lam/datastore/plot_example.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def plot_example_from_datastore(
         transform=crs,
         size=4,
     )
-    for ax in g.axes.flat:
+    for ax in getattr(g, "axs", g.axes).flat:
         ax.coastlines()
         ax.gridlines(draw_labels=["left", "bottom"])
         ax.set_extent(datastore.get_xy_extent(category=category), crs=crs)