diff --git a/fsspec/caching.py b/fsspec/caching.py
index 8634b6307..dec31c125 100644
--- a/fsspec/caching.py
+++ b/fsspec/caching.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ def __init__(
 
             self.data = dict(zip(offsets, blocks))
         else:
-            self.data = dict()
+            self.data = {}
 
     def _fetch(self, start: int | None, stop: int | None) -> bytes:
         if start is None: