diff --git a/src/zarr/core/group.py b/src/zarr/core/group.py
index e85057e2f6..e25f70eef6 100644
--- a/src/zarr/core/group.py
+++ b/src/zarr/core/group.py
@@ -932,7 +932,11 @@ async def create_array(
 
     @deprecated("Use AsyncGroup.create_array instead.")
     async def create_dataset(
-        self, name: str, **kwargs: Any
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        *,
+        shape: ShapeLike,
+        **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> AsyncArray[ArrayV2Metadata] | AsyncArray[ArrayV3Metadata]:
         """Create an array.
 
@@ -943,6 +947,8 @@ async def create_dataset(
         ----------
         name : str
             Array name.
+        shape : int or tuple of ints
+            Array shape.
         kwargs : dict
             Additional arguments passed to :func:`zarr.AsyncGroup.create_array`.
 
@@ -953,7 +959,7 @@ async def create_dataset(
         .. deprecated:: 3.0.0
             The h5py compatibility methods will be removed in 3.1.0. Use `AsyncGroup.create_array` instead.
         """
-        return await self.create_array(name, **kwargs)
+        return await self.create_array(name, shape=shape, **kwargs)
 
     @deprecated("Use AsyncGroup.require_array instead.")
     async def require_dataset(
@@ -1621,7 +1627,13 @@ def create_dataset(self, name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Array:
         return Array(self._sync(self._async_group.create_dataset(name, **kwargs)))
 
     @deprecated("Use Group.require_array instead.")
-    def require_dataset(self, name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Array:
+    def require_dataset(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        *,
+        shape: ShapeLike,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Array:
         """Obtain an array, creating if it doesn't exist.
 
         Arrays are known as "datasets" in HDF5 terminology. For compatibility
@@ -1648,9 +1660,15 @@ def require_dataset(self, name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Array:
         .. deprecated:: 3.0.0
             The h5py compatibility methods will be removed in 3.1.0. Use `Group.require_array` instead.
         """
-        return Array(self._sync(self._async_group.require_array(name, **kwargs)))
+        return Array(self._sync(self._async_group.require_array(name, shape=shape, **kwargs)))
 
-    def require_array(self, name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Array:
+    def require_array(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        *,
+        shape: ShapeLike,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> Array:
         """Obtain an array, creating if it doesn't exist.
 
 
@@ -1672,7 +1690,7 @@ def require_array(self, name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Array:
         -------
         a : Array
         """
-        return Array(self._sync(self._async_group.require_array(name, **kwargs)))
+        return Array(self._sync(self._async_group.require_array(name, shape=shape, **kwargs)))
 
     def empty(self, *, name: str, shape: ChunkCoords, **kwargs: Any) -> Array:
         return Array(self._sync(self._async_group.empty(name=name, shape=shape, **kwargs)))