diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4761652ed6..e409f84336 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   objects. (#1218)
 * Added `log_likelihood` argument to `from_pyro` and a warning if log likelihood cannot be obtained (#1227)
 * Skip tests on matplotlib animations if ffmpeg is not installed (#1227)
+* Fix hpd bug where arguments were being ignored (#1236)
 
 ### Deprecation
 * Using `from_pymc3` without a model context available now raises a
diff --git a/arviz/stats/stats.py b/arviz/stats/stats.py
index d5b5da2b83..1bcf5c7108 100644
--- a/arviz/stats/stats.py
+++ b/arviz/stats/stats.py
@@ -338,15 +338,15 @@ def hpd(
     warnings.warn(("hpd will be deprecated " "Please replace hdi"),)
     return hdi(
         ary,
-        hdi_prob=None,
-        circular=False,
-        multimodal=False,
-        skipna=False,
-        group="posterior",
-        var_names=None,
-        filter_vars=None,
-        coords=None,
-        max_modes=10,
+        hdi_prob,
+        circular,
+        multimodal,
+        skipna,
+        group,
+        var_names,
+        filter_vars,
+        coords,
+        max_modes,
         **kwargs,
     )