diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 85cf8838..715a20a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
-lance = "=0.5.8"
+lance = "=0.5.9"
 arrow-array = "42.0"
 arrow-data = "42.0"
 arrow-schema = "42.0"
diff --git a/python/lancedb/remote/client.py b/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
index b5f98933..bf48dd38 100644
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/client.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class RestfulLanceDBClient:
     async def post(
         self,
         uri: str,
-        data: Union[Dict[str, Any], BaseModel, bytes],
+        data: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Any], BaseModel, bytes]] = None,
         params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         content_type: Optional[str] = None,
         deserialize: Callable = lambda resp: resp.json(),
diff --git a/python/lancedb/remote/db.py b/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
index 8529d4f6..dcbb3332 100644
--- a/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/remote/db.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class RemoteDBConnection(DBConnection):
 
         self._loop.run_until_complete(
             self._client.post(
-                f"/v1/table/{name}/create",
+                f"/v1/table/{name}/create/",
                 data=data,
                 params={"request_id": request_id},
                 content_type=ARROW_STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE,