diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list.rs
index da63815d6..c390bee04 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/manifest_list.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl ManifestList {
                 from_value::<_serde::ManifestListV1>(&values)?.try_into(partition_type_provider)
             }
             FormatVersion::V2 => {
-                let reader = Reader::with_schema(&MANIFEST_LIST_AVRO_SCHEMA_V2, bs)?;
+                let reader = Reader::new(bs)?;
                 let values = Value::Array(reader.collect::<std::result::Result<Vec<Value>, _>>()?);
                 from_value::<_serde::ManifestListV2>(&values)?.try_into(partition_type_provider)
             }
@@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ pub(super) mod _serde {
         pub key_metadata: Option<ByteBuf>,
     }
 
+    // Aliases were added to fields that were renamed in Iceberg  1.5.0 (https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5338), in order to support both conventions/versions.
+    // In the current implementation deserialization is done using field names, and therefore these fields may appear as either.
+    // see issue that raised this here: https://github.com/apache/iceberg-rust/issues/338
     #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
     pub(super) struct ManifestFileV2 {
         pub manifest_path: String,
@@ -811,8 +814,11 @@ pub(super) mod _serde {
         pub sequence_number: i64,
         pub min_sequence_number: i64,
         pub added_snapshot_id: i64,
+        #[serde(alias = "added_data_files_count", alias = "added_files_count")]
         pub added_data_files_count: i32,
+        #[serde(alias = "existing_data_files_count", alias = "existing_files_count")]
         pub existing_data_files_count: i32,
+        #[serde(alias = "deleted_data_files_count", alias = "deleted_files_count")]
         pub deleted_data_files_count: i32,
         pub added_rows_count: i64,
         pub existing_rows_count: i64,
@@ -1089,16 +1095,16 @@ pub(super) mod _serde {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use apache_avro::{Reader, Schema};
     use std::{collections::HashMap, fs, sync::Arc};
-
     use tempfile::TempDir;
 
     use crate::{
         io::FileIOBuilder,
         spec::{
-            manifest_list::{_serde::ManifestListV1, UNASSIGNED_SEQUENCE_NUMBER},
-            FieldSummary, Literal, ManifestContentType, ManifestFile, ManifestList,
-            ManifestListWriter, NestedField, PrimitiveType, StructType, Type,
+            manifest_list::_serde::ManifestListV1, FieldSummary, Literal, ManifestContentType,
+            ManifestFile, ManifestList, ManifestListWriter, NestedField, PrimitiveType, StructType,
+            Type, UNASSIGNED_SEQUENCE_NUMBER,
         },
     };
 
@@ -1462,4 +1468,50 @@ mod test {
 
         temp_dir.close().unwrap();
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_manifest_list_v2_deserializer_aliases() {
+        // reading avro manifest file generated by iceberg 1.4.0
+        let avro_1_path = "testdata/manifests_lists/manifest-list-v2-1.avro";
+        let bs_1 = fs::read(avro_1_path).unwrap();
+        let avro_1_fields = read_avro_schema_fields_as_str(bs_1.clone()).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            avro_1_fields,
+            "manifest_path, manifest_length, partition_spec_id, content, sequence_number, min_sequence_number, added_snapshot_id, added_data_files_count, existing_data_files_count, deleted_data_files_count, added_rows_count, existing_rows_count, deleted_rows_count, partitions"
+        );
+        // reading avro manifest file generated by iceberg 1.5.0
+        let avro_2_path = "testdata/manifests_lists/manifest-list-v2-2.avro";
+        let bs_2 = fs::read(avro_2_path).unwrap();
+        let avro_2_fields = read_avro_schema_fields_as_str(bs_2.clone()).await;
+        assert_eq!(
+            avro_2_fields,
+            "manifest_path, manifest_length, partition_spec_id, content, sequence_number, min_sequence_number, added_snapshot_id, added_files_count, existing_files_count, deleted_files_count, added_rows_count, existing_rows_count, deleted_rows_count, partitions"
+        );
+        // deserializing both files to ManifestList struct
+        let _manifest_list_1 =
+            ManifestList::parse_with_version(&bs_1, crate::spec::FormatVersion::V2, move |_id| {
+                Ok(Some(StructType::new(vec![])))
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        let _manifest_list_2 =
+            ManifestList::parse_with_version(&bs_2, crate::spec::FormatVersion::V2, move |_id| {
+                Ok(Some(StructType::new(vec![])))
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+    }
+
+    async fn read_avro_schema_fields_as_str(bs: Vec<u8>) -> String {
+        let reader = Reader::new(&bs[..]).unwrap();
+        let schema = reader.writer_schema();
+        let fields: String = match schema {
+            Schema::Record(record) => record
+                .fields
+                .iter()
+                .map(|field| field.name.clone())
+                .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+                .join(", "),
+            _ => "".to_string(),
+        };
+        fields
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/testdata/manifests_lists/manifest-list-v2-1.avro b/crates/iceberg/testdata/manifests_lists/manifest-list-v2-1.avro
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diff --git a/crates/iceberg/testdata/manifests_lists/manifest-list-v2-2.avro b/crates/iceberg/testdata/manifests_lists/manifest-list-v2-2.avro
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