diff --git a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.stories.tsx b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.stories.tsx
index 74907374ae..da808b9c72 100644
--- a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.stories.tsx
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ export const Virtualization: StoryFn<EdsDataGridProps<Photo>> = (args) => {
 Virtualization.args = {
   stickyHeader: true,
   enableVirtual: true,
-  virtualHeight: 500,
+  height: 500,
 }
 
 export const ExpandRows: StoryFn<EdsDataGridProps<PostComment>> = (args) => {
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ export const ExpandRows: StoryFn<EdsDataGridProps<PostComment>> = (args) => {
 ExpandRows.args = {
   stickyHeader: true,
   enableVirtual: true,
-  virtualHeight: 500,
+  height: 500,
 }
 
 export const Styling: StoryFn<EdsDataGridProps<Photo>> = (args) => {
diff --git a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.tsx b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.tsx
index 90b0669d90..30f23db01a 100644
--- a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGrid.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ export function EdsDataGrid<T>({
     pageSize: pageSize ?? 25,
   })
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (virtualHeight) {
+      console.warn(
+        `virtualHeight prop is deprecated and will be removed in a later version. Please update your code to use height instead.`,
+      )
+    }
+  }, [virtualHeight])
+
   useEffect(() => {
     setVisible(columnVisibility ?? {})
   }, [columnVisibility, setVisible])
diff --git a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGridProps.ts b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGridProps.ts
index 1beaa5adb3..0da9d16d37 100644
--- a/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGridProps.ts
+++ b/packages/eds-data-grid-react/src/EdsDataGridProps.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ type VirtualProps = {
   enableVirtual?: boolean
   /**
    * The height of the virtualized table in pixels.
+   * @deprecated Use `height` prop over virtualHeight, this will be removed in a later version
    * @default 500
    */
   virtualHeight?: number