diff --git a/hvac/v1/__init__.py b/hvac/v1/__init__.py
index 6c14075a3..78b798bad 100644
--- a/hvac/v1/__init__.py
+++ b/hvac/v1/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import os
+import typing as t
+
+from warnings import warn
 
 from hvac import adapters, api, exceptions, utils
 from hvac.constants.client import (
@@ -18,6 +21,48 @@
     has_hcl_parser = False
 
 
+# TODO(v4.0.0): remove _sentinel and _smart_pop when write no longer has deprecated behavior:
+# https://github.com/hvac/hvac/issues/1034
+_sentinel = object()
+
+
+def _smart_pop(
+    dict: dict,
+    member: str,
+    default: t.Any = _sentinel,
+    *,
+    posvalue: t.Any = _sentinel,
+    method: str = "write",
+    replacement_method: str = "write_data",
+):
+    try:
+        value = dict.pop(member)
+    except KeyError:
+        if posvalue is not _sentinel:
+            return posvalue
+        elif default is not _sentinel:
+            return default
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"{method}() missing one required positional argument: '{member}'"
+            )
+    else:
+        if posvalue is not _sentinel:
+            raise TypeError(f"{method}() got multiple values for argument '{member}'")
+
+        warn(
+            (
+                f"{method}() argument '{member}' was supplied as a keyword argument and will not be written as data."
+                f" To write this data with a '{member}' key, use the {replacement_method}() method."
+                f" To continue using {method}() and suppress this warning, supply this argument positionally."
+                f" For more information see: https://github.com/hvac/hvac/issues/1034"
+            ),
+            DeprecationWarning,
+            stacklevel=3,
+        )
+        return value
+
+
 class Client:
     """The hvac Client class for HashiCorp's Vault."""
 
@@ -251,35 +296,72 @@ def list(self, path):
         except exceptions.InvalidPath:
             return None
 
-    def write(self, path, wrap_ttl=None, **kwargs):
+    # TODO(v4.0.0): remove overload when write doesn't use args and kwargs anymore
+    @t.overload
+    def write(self, path: str, wrap_ttl: t.Optional[str], **kwargs: t.Dict[str, t.Any]):
+        pass
+
+    def write(self, *args: list, **kwargs: t.Dict[str, t.Any]):
         """POST /<path>
 
         Write data to a path. Because this method uses kwargs for the data to write, "path" and "wrap_ttl" data keys cannot be used.
         If these names are needed, or if the key names are not known at design time, consider using the write_data method.
 
         :param path:
-        :type path:
+        :type path: str
         :param wrap_ttl:
-        :type wrap_ttl:
+        :type wrap_ttl: str | None
         :param kwargs:
-        :type kwargs:
+        :type kwargs: dict
         :return:
         :rtype:
         """
-        return self._adapter.post(f"/v1/{path}", json=kwargs, wrap_ttl=wrap_ttl)
 
-    def write_data(self, path, *, data={}, wrap_ttl=None):
+        try:
+            path = args[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            path = _sentinel
+
+        path = _smart_pop(kwargs, "path", posvalue=path)
+
+        try:
+            wrap_ttl = args[1]
+        except IndexError:
+            wrap_ttl = _sentinel
+
+        wrap_ttl = _smart_pop(kwargs, "wrap_ttl", default=None, posvalue=wrap_ttl)
+
+        if "data" in kwargs:
+            warn(
+                (
+                    "write() argument 'data' was supplied as a keyword argument."
+                    " In v3.0.0 the 'data' key will be treated specially. Consider using the write_data() method instead."
+                    " For more information see: https://github.com/hvac/hvac/issues/1034"
+                ),
+                PendingDeprecationWarning,
+                stacklevel=2,
+            )
+
+        return self.write_data(path, wrap_ttl=wrap_ttl, data=kwargs)
+
+    def write_data(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        data: t.Dict[str, t.Any] = {},
+        wrap_ttl: t.Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
         """Write data to a path. Similar to write() without restrictions on data keys.
 
         Supported methods:
             POST /<path>
 
         :param path:
-        :type path:
+        :type path: str
         :param data:
-        :type dict:
+        :type data: dict
         :param wrap_ttl:
-        :type wrap_ttl:
+        :type wrap_ttl: str | None
         :return:
         :rtype:
         """
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8801bfa14..191e047c0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -999,6 +999,23 @@ pytest = ">=4.6"
 [package.extras]
 testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "pytest-xdist", "six", "virtualenv"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-mock"
+version = "3.11.1"
+description = "Thin-wrapper around the mock package for easier use with pytest"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-mock-3.11.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7f6b125602ac6d743e523ae0bfa71e1a697a2f5534064528c6ff84c2f7c2fc7f"},
+    {file = "pytest_mock-3.11.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:21c279fff83d70763b05f8874cc9cfb3fcacd6d354247a976f9529d19f9acf39"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=5.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["pre-commit", "pytest-asyncio", "tox"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-ldap-test"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -1515,4 +1532,4 @@ parser = ["pyhcl"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "c3c4da7554ffd30640f2d805301f6d39106686af523a2b3652e3167f3da2b4dc"
+content-hash = "9e4929bbf116a4f7b50561a7356414449eee106963bfd968d0314198f84a2b9c"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cde4a3868..a893296ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ jinja2 = "<3.1.0"
 greenlet = "^3.0.0"
 jwcrypto = "^1.5.0"
 typos = "^1.16.11"
+pytest-mock = "^3.11.1"
 
 [tool.typos.default.extend-words]
 Hashi = "Hashi"
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/v1/test_system_backend.py b/tests/integration_tests/v1/test_system_backend.py
index 0ac505356..358d6953e 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/v1/test_system_backend.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/v1/test_system_backend.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def test_wrap_write(self):
             self.client.sys.enable_auth_method("approle")
 
         self.client.write("auth/approle/role/testrole")
-        result = self.client.write(
+        result = self.client.write_data(
             "auth/approle/role/testrole/secret-id", wrap_ttl="10s"
         )
         self.assertIn("token", result["wrap_info"])
@@ -383,9 +383,9 @@ def test_tune_auth_backend(self):
     def test_read_lease(self):
         # Set up a test pki backend and issue a cert against some role so we.
         utils.configure_pki(client=self.client)
-        pki_issue_response = self.client.write(
+        pki_issue_response = self.client.write_data(
             path="pki/issue/my-role",
-            common_name="test.hvac.com",
+            data=dict(common_name="test.hvac.com"),
         )
 
         # Read the lease of our test cert that was just issued.
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/v1/test_system_backend_methods.py b/tests/unit_tests/v1/test_system_backend_methods.py
index 4576bfca0..c0519c28d 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/v1/test_system_backend_methods.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/v1/test_system_backend_methods.py
@@ -1,9 +1,131 @@
-from unittest import TestCase
+import pytest
 
+from pytest_mock import MockFixture
+from mock import MagicMock
+from unittest import TestCase
 import requests_mock
 from parameterized import parameterized
 
 from hvac import Client
+from hvac.v1 import _sentinel, _smart_pop
+
+
+class TestSmartPop:
+    def test_smart_pop_duplicate(self):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=r"got multiple values for argument"):
+            _smart_pop(dict(a=5), "a", posvalue=9)
+
+    def test_smart_pop_missing(self):
+        with pytest.raises(
+            TypeError, match=r"missing one required positional argument"
+        ):
+            _smart_pop(dict(a=5), "z")
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("dict", [{}, {"a": 2}])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("default", [_sentinel, "other"])
+    def test_smart_pop_pos_only(self, default, dict, mocker: MockFixture):
+        result = _smart_pop(
+            dict, "z", default=default, posvalue=mocker.sentinel.pos_only
+        )
+        assert result is mocker.sentinel.pos_only
+        assert "z" not in dict
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("dict", [{}, {"a": 2}])
+    def test_smart_pop_default_only(self, dict, mocker: MockFixture):
+        result = _smart_pop(dict, "z", default=mocker.sentinel.default_only)
+        assert result is mocker.sentinel.default_only
+        assert "z" not in dict
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("dict", [{"a": 4, "b": 9}, {"a": 2}])
+    def test_smart_pop_warns(self, dict):
+        original = dict.copy()
+        with pytest.warns(
+            DeprecationWarning, match=r"https://github.com/hvac/hvac/issues/1034"
+        ):
+            result = _smart_pop(dict, "a")
+        assert result == original["a"]
+        assert "a" not in dict
+
+
+class TestClientWriteData:
+    test_url = "https://vault.example.com"
+    test_path = "whatever/fake"
+    response = dict(a=1, b="two")
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def write_mock(self, requests_mock: requests_mock.Mocker):
+        yield requests_mock.register_uri(
+            method="POST",
+            url=f"{self.test_url}/v1/{self.test_path}",
+            json=self.response,
+        )
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def client(self) -> Client:
+        return Client(url=self.test_url)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("wrap_ttl", [None, "3m"])
+    def test_write_data(self, client: Client, wrap_ttl: str):
+        response = client.write_data(self.test_path, data="cool", wrap_ttl=wrap_ttl)
+        assert response == self.response
+
+
+class TestOldClientWrite:
+    test_url = "https://vault.example.com"
+    test_path = "whatever/fake"
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def mock_write_data(self, mocker: MockFixture) -> MagicMock:
+        yield mocker.patch.object(Client, "write_data")
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def client(self) -> Client:
+        return Client(url=self.test_url)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("kwargs", [{}, {"wrap_ttl": "5m"}, {"other": 5}])
+    def test_client_write_no_path(
+        self,
+        client: Client,
+        mocker: MockFixture,
+        kwargs: dict,
+        mock_write_data: MagicMock,
+    ):
+        popper = mocker.patch("hvac.v1._smart_pop", new=mocker.Mock(wraps=_smart_pop))
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+            client.write(**kwargs)
+        popper.assert_called_once_with(mocker.ANY, "path", posvalue=_sentinel)
+        mock_write_data.assert_not_called()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("kwargs", [{}, {"other": 5}])
+    def test_client_write_no_wrap_ttl(
+        self,
+        client: Client,
+        mocker: MockFixture,
+        kwargs: dict,
+        mock_write_data: MagicMock,
+    ):
+        popper = mocker.patch("hvac.v1._smart_pop", new=mocker.Mock(wraps=_smart_pop))
+        client.write(self.test_path, **kwargs)
+        assert popper.call_count == 2
+        expected_call = mocker.call(
+            mocker.ANY, "wrap_ttl", default=None, posvalue=_sentinel
+        )
+        popper.assert_has_calls([expected_call])
+        mock_write_data.assert_called_once_with(
+            self.test_path, wrap_ttl=None, data=kwargs
+        )
+
+    def test_client_write_data_field(
+        self, client: Client, mocker: MockFixture, mock_write_data: MagicMock
+    ):
+        with pytest.warns(
+            PendingDeprecationWarning,
+            match=r"argument 'data' was supplied as a keyword argument",
+        ):
+            client.write(self.test_path, data="thing")
+        mock_write_data.assert_called_once_with(
+            self.test_path, wrap_ttl=None, data=dict(data="thing")
+        )
 
 
 class TestSystemBackendMethods(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/utils/__init__.py b/tests/utils/__init__.py
index c7b57a6bc..c0612e47a 100644
--- a/tests/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/utils/__init__.py
@@ -253,22 +253,28 @@ def configure_pki(
 
     client.sys.enable_secrets_engine(backend_type="pki", path=mount_point)
 
-    client.write(
+    client.write_data(
         path=f"{mount_point}/root/generate/internal",
-        common_name=common_name,
-        ttl="8760h",
+        data=dict(
+            common_name=common_name,
+            ttl="8760h",
+        ),
     )
-    client.write(
+    client.write_data(
         path=f"{mount_point}/config/urls",
-        issuing_certificates="http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/pki/ca",
-        crl_distribution_points="http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/pki/crl",
+        data=dict(
+            issuing_certificates="http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/pki/ca",
+            crl_distribution_points="http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/pki/crl",
+        ),
     )
-    client.write(
+    client.write_data(
         path=f"{mount_point}/roles/{role_name}",
-        allowed_domains=common_name,
-        allow_subdomains=True,
-        generate_lease=True,
-        max_ttl="72h",
+        data=dict(
+            allowed_domains=common_name,
+            allow_subdomains=True,
+            generate_lease=True,
+            max_ttl="72h",
+        ),
     )