diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb0a4e021..968dfdead 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - `BaseVectorStoreDriver.query_vector` for querying vector stores with vectors.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Occasional crash during `FuturesExecutorMixin` cleanup.
+
+### Deprecated
+
+- `FuturesExecutorMixin.futures_executor`. Use `FuturesExecutorMixin.create_futures_executor` instead.
+
 ## [1.1.1] - 2025-01-03
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py b/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py
index 142c38de5..3a36c265a 100644
--- a/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py
+++ b/griptape/mixins/futures_executor_mixin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import warnings
 from abc import ABC
 from concurrent import futures
 from typing import Callable
@@ -13,6 +14,27 @@ class FuturesExecutorMixin(ABC):
         default=Factory(lambda: lambda: futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()),
     )
 
-    futures_executor: futures.Executor = field(
-        default=Factory(lambda self: self.create_futures_executor(), takes_self=True)
+    _futures_executor: futures.Executor = field(
+        default=Factory(
+            lambda self: self.create_futures_executor(),
+            takes_self=True,
+        ),
+        alias="futures_executor",
     )
+
+    @property
+    def futures_executor(self) -> futures.Executor:
+        self.__raise_deprecation_warning()
+        return self._futures_executor
+
+    @futures_executor.setter
+    def futures_executor(self, value: futures.Executor) -> None:
+        self.__raise_deprecation_warning()
+        self._futures_executor = value
+
+    def __raise_deprecation_warning(self) -> None:
+        warnings.warn(
+            "`FuturesExecutorMixin.futures_executor` is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use `FuturesExecutorMixin.create_futures_executor` instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
diff --git a/tests/unit/mixins/test_futures_executor_mixin.py b/tests/unit/mixins/test_futures_executor_mixin.py
index 437903fe3..0cc05eb61 100644
--- a/tests/unit/mixins/test_futures_executor_mixin.py
+++ b/tests/unit/mixins/test_futures_executor_mixin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from concurrent import futures
 
+import pytest
+
 from tests.mocks.mock_futures_executor import MockFuturesExecutor
 
 
@@ -8,3 +10,9 @@ def test_futures_executor(self):
         executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()
 
         assert MockFuturesExecutor(create_futures_executor=lambda: executor).futures_executor == executor
+
+    def test_deprecated_futures_executor(self):
+        mock_executor = MockFuturesExecutor()
+        with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning):
+            assert mock_executor.futures_executor
+            mock_executor.futures_executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()