diff --git a/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp b/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp
index 2cee7db218e..63707576fa0 100644
--- a/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp
+++ b/Source/Diagnostics/WarpXOpenPMD.cpp
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ WarpXOpenPMDPlot::DumpToFile (ParticleContainer* pc,
     m_Series->flush();
 
     // dump individual particles
+    bool contributed_particles = false;  // did the local MPI rank contribute particles?
     for (auto currentLevel = 0; currentLevel <= pc->finestLevel(); currentLevel++) {
         uint64_t offset = static_cast<uint64_t>( counter.m_ParticleOffsetAtRank[currentLevel] );
         // For BTD, the offset include the number of particles already flushed
@@ -754,8 +755,11 @@ WarpXOpenPMDPlot::DumpToFile (ParticleContainer* pc,
 
             // Do not call storeChunk() with zero-sized particle tiles:
             //   https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/issues/1147
+            //   https://github.com/ECP-WarpX/WarpX/pull/1898#discussion_r745008290
             if (numParticleOnTile == 0) continue;
 
+            contributed_particles = true;
+
             // get position and particle ID from aos
             // note: this implementation iterates the AoS 4x...
             // if we flush late as we do now, we can also copy out the data in one go
@@ -833,8 +837,59 @@ WarpXOpenPMDPlot::DumpToFile (ParticleContainer* pc,
                              write_int_comp, int_comp_names);
 
             offset += numParticleOnTile64;
+        } // pti
+    } // currentLevel
+
+    // work-around for BTD particle resize in ADIOS2
+    //
+    // This issues an empty ADIOS2 Put to make sure the new global shape
+    // meta-data is committed for each variable.
+    //
+    // Refs.:
+    //   https://github.com/ECP-WarpX/WarpX/issues/3389
+    //   https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/issues/3455
+    //   BP4 (ADIOS 2.8): last MPI rank's `Put` meta-data wins
+    //   BP5 (ADIOS 2.8): everyone has to write an empty block
+    if (is_resizing_flush && !contributed_particles && isBTD && m_Series->backend() == "ADIOS2") {
+        for( auto & [record_name, record] : currSpecies ) {
+            for( auto & [comp_name, comp] : record ) {
+                if (comp.constant()) continue;
+
+                auto dtype = comp.getDatatype();
+                switch (dtype) {
+                    case openPMD::Datatype::FLOAT :
+                        [[fallthrough]];
+                    case openPMD::Datatype::DOUBLE : {
+                        auto empty_data = std::make_shared<amrex::ParticleReal>();
+                        comp.storeChunk(empty_data, {uint64_t(0)}, {uint64_t(0)});
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    case openPMD::Datatype::UINT : {
+                        auto empty_data = std::make_shared<unsigned int>();
+                        comp.storeChunk(empty_data, {uint64_t(0)}, {uint64_t(0)});
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    case openPMD::Datatype::ULONG : {
+                        auto empty_data = std::make_shared<unsigned long>();
+                        comp.storeChunk(empty_data, {uint64_t(0)}, {uint64_t(0)});
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    case openPMD::Datatype::ULONGLONG : {
+                        auto empty_data = std::make_shared<unsigned long long>();
+                        comp.storeChunk(empty_data, {uint64_t(0)}, {uint64_t(0)});
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    default : {
+                        std::string msg = "WarpX openPMD ADIOS2 work-around has unknown dtype: ";
+                        msg += datatypeToString(dtype);
+                        amrex::Abort(msg);
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
+
     m_Series->flush();
 }