diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 88df206c..7283df71 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ Breaking changes
 
 - Serialize valid ZarrV3 metadata and require full compressor numcodec config (for :pull:`193`)
   By `Gustavo Hidalgo <https://github.com/ghidalgo3>`_.
-- VirtualiZarr's `ZArray`, `ChunkEntry`, and `Codec` no longer subclasses `zarr.Array`, no longer inherit from `pydantic.BaseModel` (:pull:`xxx`)
+- VirtualiZarr's `ZArray`, `ChunkEntry`, and `Codec` no longer subclass
+  `pydantic.BaseModel` (:pull:`210`)
 - `ZArray`'s `__init__` signature has changed to match `zarr.Array`'s (:pull:`xxx`)
 
 
diff --git a/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py b/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
index 534502aa..e153375b 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/manifests/manifest.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def to_kerchunk(self) -> tuple[str, int, int]:
         return (self.path, self.offset, self.length)
 
     def dict(self) -> ChunkDictEntry:
-        return dataclasses.asdict(self)
+        return ChunkDictEntry(dataclasses.asdict(self))
 
 
 class ChunkManifest:
diff --git a/virtualizarr/tests/test_zarr.py b/virtualizarr/tests/test_zarr.py
index 7715d245..6ba44c9b 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/tests/test_zarr.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/tests/test_zarr.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from virtualizarr import ManifestArray, open_virtual_dataset
 from virtualizarr.manifests.manifest import ChunkManifest
-from virtualizarr.zarr import dataset_to_zarr, metadata_from_zarr_json
+from virtualizarr.zarr import dataset_to_zarr, metadata_from_zarr_json, ZArray
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -78,3 +78,28 @@ def test_zarr_v3_metadata_conformance(tmpdir, vds_with_manifest_arrays: xr.Datas
         and len(metadata["codecs"]) > 1
         and all(isconfigurable(codec) for codec in metadata["codecs"])
     )
+
+
+def test_replace_partial():
+    arr = ZArray(shape=(2, 3), chunks=(1, 1), dtype=np.dtype("<i8"))
+    result = arr.replace(chunks=(2, 3))
+    expected = ZArray(shape=(2, 3), chunks=(2, 3), dtype=np.dtype("<i8"))
+    assert result == expected
+    assert result.shape == (2, 3)
+    assert result.chunks == (2, 3)
+
+def test_replace_total():
+    arr = ZArray(shape=(2, 3), chunks=(1, 1), dtype=np.dtype("<i8"))
+    kwargs = dict(
+        shape=(4, 4),
+        chunks=(2, 2),
+        dtype=np.dtype("<f8"),
+        fill_value=-1.0,
+        order="F",
+        compressor={"id": "zlib", "level": 1},
+        filters=[{"id": "blosc", "clevel": 5}],
+        zarr_format=3,
+    )
+    result = arr.replace(**kwargs)
+    expected = ZArray(**kwargs)
+    assert result == expected
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diff --git a/virtualizarr/zarr.py b/virtualizarr/zarr.py
index 0cd03ae9..3f4de83b 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/zarr.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/zarr.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
+    Dict,
     Literal,
     NewType,
     Optional,
@@ -111,14 +112,40 @@ def to_kerchunk_json(self) -> str:
             zarray_dict["fill_value"] = None
         return ujson.dumps(zarray_dict)
 
+    # ZArray.dict seems to shadow "dict", so need to use __builtins__ in the
+    # type signature below.
     def replace(
         self,
-        **kwargs: Any,
+        shape: tuple[int, ...] | None = None,
+        chunks: tuple[int, ...] | None = None,
+        dtype: np.dtype | str | None = None,
+        fill_value: FillValueT = None,
+        order: Literal["C", "F"] | None = None,
+        compressor: __builtins__["dict"] | None = None,
+        filters: list[dict] | None = None,
+        zarr_format: Literal[2, 3] | None = None,
     ) -> "ZArray":
         """
         Convenience method to create a new ZArray from an existing one by altering only certain attributes.
         """
-        return dataclasses.replace(self, **kwargs)
+        replacements = {}
+        if shape is not None:
+            replacements["shape"] = shape
+        if chunks is not None:
+            replacements["chunks"] = chunks
+        if dtype is not None:
+            replacements["dtype"] = dtype
+        if fill_value is not None:
+            replacements["fill_value"] = fill_value
+        if order is not None:
+            replacements["order"] = order
+        if compressor is not None:
+            replacements["compressor"] = compressor
+        if filters is not None:
+            replacements["filters"] = filters
+        if zarr_format is not None:
+            replacements["zarr_format"] = zarr_format
+        return dataclasses.replace(self, **replacements)
 
     def _v3_codec_pipeline(self) -> list:
         """