diff --git a/cacholote/extra_encoders.py b/cacholote/extra_encoders.py
index 76e9086..4717787 100644
--- a/cacholote/extra_encoders.py
+++ b/cacholote/extra_encoders.py
@@ -282,10 +282,12 @@ def _store_xr_object(
     filetype: str,
 ) -> None:
     if filetype == "application/vnd+zarr":
-        # Write directly on any filesystem
-        mapper = fs.get_mapper(urlpath)
-        with _logging_timer("upload", urlpath=fs.unstrip_protocol(urlpath)):
-            obj.to_zarr(mapper, consolidated=True)
+        urlpath = fs.unstrip_protocol(urlpath)
+        storage_options = fs.storage_options
+        if isinstance(fs, fsspec.implementations.local.LocalFileSystem):
+            storage_options = storage_options | {"auto_mkdir": True}
+        with _logging_timer("upload", urlpath=urlpath):
+            obj.to_zarr(urlpath, storage_options=storage_options)
         return
 
     # Need a tmp local copy to write on a different filesystem
diff --git a/ci/environment-ci.yml b/ci/environment-ci.yml
index ed8c6d3..af0de7e 100644
--- a/ci/environment-ci.yml
+++ b/ci/environment-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies:
 - sqlalchemy[mypy]
 - types-requests
 - xarray>=2022.6.0
-- zarr<3.0.0
+- zarr
 - pip:
   - pytest-structlog
   - types-sqlalchemy-utils
diff --git a/tests/test_40_xarray_encoder.py b/tests/test_40_xarray_encoder.py
index ecdbd22..1e394ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_40_xarray_encoder.py
+++ b/tests/test_40_xarray_encoder.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def test_dictify_xr_dataset(tmp_path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
                 "type": "application/netcdf",
                 "href": href,
                 "file:checksum": f"{fsspec.filesystem('file').checksum(local_path):x}",
-                "file:size": 669,
+                "file:size": 670,
                 "file:local_path": local_path,
             },
             {},
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_xr_cacheable(
 ) -> None:
     pytest.importorskip(importorskip)
 
-    config.set(xarray_cache_type=xarray_cache_type)
+    config.set(xarray_cache_type=xarray_cache_type, raise_all_encoding_errors=True)
 
     # cache-db to check
     con = config.get().engine.raw_connection()
@@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ def test_xr_logging(log: pytest_structlog.StructuredLogCapture) -> None:
         },
         {
             "urlpath": urlpath,
-            "size": 22645,
+            "size": 22646,
             "event": "start upload",
             "level": "info",
         },
         {
             "urlpath": urlpath,
-            "size": 22645,
+            "size": 22646,
             "upload_time": log.events[3]["upload_time"],
             "event": "end upload",
             "level": "info",