diff --git a/datacube/storage/_read.py b/datacube/storage/_read.py
index c88aaeded..2c1dd05f9 100644
--- a/datacube/storage/_read.py
+++ b/datacube/storage/_read.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def read_time_slice(rdr,
 
     is_nn = is_resampling_nn(resampling)
     scale = pick_read_scale(rr.scale, rdr)
+    scale_x, scale_y = [pick_read_scale(s) for s in rr.scale2]
 
     paste_ok, _ = can_paste(rr, ttol=0.9 if is_nn else 0.01)
 
@@ -188,7 +189,8 @@ def norm_read_args(roi, shape, extra_dim_index):
                         src_nodata=rdr.nodata, dst_nodata=dst_nodata)
         else:
             rio_reproject(pix, dst, src_gbox, dst_gbox, resampling,
-                          src_nodata=rdr.nodata, dst_nodata=dst_nodata)
+                          src_nodata=rdr.nodata, dst_nodata=dst_nodata,
+                          XSCALE=scale_x, YSCALE=scale_y)
 
     return rr.roi_dst
 
diff --git a/docs/about/whats_new.rst b/docs/about/whats_new.rst
index fe863fe8d..17ab15fdf 100644
--- a/docs/about/whats_new.rst
+++ b/docs/about/whats_new.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ v1.8.next
 - ``datacube dataset`` cli commands print error message if missing argument (:pull:`1437`)
 - Add pre-commit hook to verify license headers (:pull:`1438`)
 - Support open-ended date ranges in `datacube dataset search`, `dc.load`, and `dc.find_datasets` (:pull:`1439`, :pull:`1443`)
+- Pass Y and Y Scale factors through to rasterio.warp.reproject, to eliminate projection bug affecting
+  non-square Areas Of Interest (See `Issue #1448`_) (:pull:`1450`)
+.. _`Issue #1448`: https://github.com/opendatacube/datacube-core/issues/1448
 
 
 v1.8.12 (7th March 2023)