diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index 6f3be737..b6594a04 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
+- Fix handling of scalar Zarr V3 arrays with None dimension_names.
+  ([#897](https://github.com/zarr-developers/VirtualiZarr/pull/897)).
+  By [Lars Buntemeyer](https://github.com/larsbuntemeyer).
 - Fix setting `fill_value` for Zarr V2 arrays if data type is a subtype of integer or float.
   ([#845](https://github.com/zarr-developers/VirtualiZarr/pull/845)).
   By [Hauke Schulz](https://github.com/observingClouds).
diff --git a/virtualizarr/manifests/array.py b/virtualizarr/manifests/array.py
index 967ea986..0c0b0564 100644
--- a/virtualizarr/manifests/array.py
+++ b/virtualizarr/manifests/array.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def to_virtual_variable(self) -> xr.Variable:
 
         # The xarray data model stores dimension names and arbitrary extra metadata outside of the wrapped array class,
         # so to avoid that information being duplicated we strip it from the ManifestArray before wrapping it.
-        dims = self.metadata.dimension_names
+        dims = self.metadata.dimension_names or ()
         attrs = self.metadata.attributes
         stripped_metadata = utils.copy_and_replace_metadata(
             self.metadata, new_dimension_names=None, new_attributes={}