diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c16a35ae9..aaa1cd591 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning][].
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix that `pl.repertoire_overlap` ignored the `airr_mod` parameter ([#650](https://github.com/scverse/scirpy/pull/650)).
+
 ### Chore
 
 - Template update to v0.6.0
diff --git a/src/scirpy/pl/_repertoire_overlap.py b/src/scirpy/pl/_repertoire_overlap.py
index 5a066fa47..f5a9e4f7e 100644
--- a/src/scirpy/pl/_repertoire_overlap.py
+++ b/src/scirpy/pl/_repertoire_overlap.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def repertoire_overlap(
 
     params = DataHandler(adata, airr_mod)
     tl.repertoire_overlap(
-        adata,
+        params,
         groupby=groupby,
         target_col=target_col,
         overlap_measure=overlap_measure,