diff --git a/src/zarr/api/asynchronous.py b/src/zarr/api/asynchronous.py
index 14078944d7..c4d1ec8627 100644
--- a/src/zarr/api/asynchronous.py
+++ b/src/zarr/api/asynchronous.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ async def array(
     z = await create(**kwargs)
 
     # fill with data
-    await z.setitem(slice(None), data)
+    await z.setitem(Ellipsis, data)
 
     return z
 
diff --git a/tests/test_array.py b/tests/test_array.py
index 1899e384dc..891538bc43 100644
--- a/tests/test_array.py
+++ b/tests/test_array.py
@@ -881,3 +881,10 @@ async def test_nbytes(
         assert arr._async_array.nbytes == np.prod(arr.shape) * arr.dtype.itemsize
     else:
         assert arr.nbytes == np.prod(arr.shape) * arr.dtype.itemsize
+
+
+async def test_scalar_array() -> None:
+    arr = zarr.array(1.5)
+    assert arr[...] == 1.5
+    assert arr[()] == 1.5
+    assert arr.shape == ()