diff --git a/docs/release.rst b/docs/release.rst
index 7ffd751696..d6692a01d9 100644
--- a/docs/release.rst
+++ b/docs/release.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ Release notes
 
 .. _release_2.13.4:
 
+2.13.5
+------
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Ensure ``zarr.create`` uses writeable mode to fix issue with :issue:`1304`.
+  By :user:`James Bourbeau <jrbourbeau>` :issue:`1309`.
+
 2.13.4
 ------
 
diff --git a/zarr/creation.py b/zarr/creation.py
index 00d2c40030..cc191e3734 100644
--- a/zarr/creation.py
+++ b/zarr/creation.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def create(shape, chunks=True, dtype=None, compressor='default',
         zarr_version = getattr(chunk_store, '_store_version', DEFAULT_ZARR_VERSION)
 
     # handle polymorphic store arg
-    store = normalize_store_arg(store, zarr_version=zarr_version)
+    store = normalize_store_arg(store, zarr_version=zarr_version, mode="w")
     zarr_version = getattr(store, '_store_version', DEFAULT_ZARR_VERSION)
 
     # API compatibility with h5py
diff --git a/zarr/tests/test_creation.py b/zarr/tests/test_creation.py
index 0f12fc5613..4c9c292734 100644
--- a/zarr/tests/test_creation.py
+++ b/zarr/tests/test_creation.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from zarr._storage.store import v3_api_available
 from zarr._storage.v3 import DirectoryStoreV3, KVStoreV3
 from zarr.sync import ThreadSynchronizer
-from zarr.tests.util import mktemp
+from zarr.tests.util import mktemp, have_fsspec
 
 _VERSIONS = ((None, 2, 3) if v3_api_available else (None, 2))
 _VERSIONS2 = ((2, 3) if v3_api_available else (2, ))
@@ -429,6 +429,18 @@ def test_create_in_dict(zarr_version, at_root):
     assert isinstance(a.store, expected_store_type)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(have_fsspec is False, reason="needs fsspec")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('zarr_version', _VERSIONS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('at_root', [False, True])
+def test_create_writeable_mode(zarr_version, at_root, tmp_path):
+    # Regression test for https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/1306
+    import fsspec
+    kwargs = _init_creation_kwargs(zarr_version, at_root)
+    store = fsspec.get_mapper(str(tmp_path))
+    z = create(100, store=store, **kwargs)
+    assert z.store.map == store
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('zarr_version', _VERSIONS)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('at_root', [False, True])
 def test_empty_like(zarr_version, at_root):