diff --git a/CHANGES/10959.feature.rst b/CHANGES/10959.feature.rst
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b565aa68ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/10959.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+9732.feature.rst
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diff --git a/aiohttp/client.py b/aiohttp/client.py
index bea1c6f61e7..811c8f97588 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def __init__(
         max_line_size: int = 8190,
         max_field_size: int = 8190,
         fallback_charset_resolver: _CharsetResolver = lambda r, b: "utf-8",
-        middlewares: Optional[Sequence[ClientMiddlewareType]] = None,
+        middlewares: Sequence[ClientMiddlewareType] = (),
     ) -> None:
         # We initialise _connector to None immediately, as it's referenced in __del__()
         # and could cause issues if an exception occurs during initialisation.
diff --git a/docs/client_reference.rst b/docs/client_reference.rst
index 97933ada1ed..cd825b403a0 100644
--- a/docs/client_reference.rst
+++ b/docs/client_reference.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The client session supports the context manager protocol for self closing.
                          trust_env=False, \
                          requote_redirect_url=True, \
                          trace_configs=None, \
-                         middlewares=None, \
+                         middlewares=(), \
                          read_bufsize=2**16, \
                          max_line_size=8190, \
                          max_field_size=8190, \
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ The client session supports the context manager protocol for self closing.
 
    :param middlewares: A sequence of middleware instances to apply to all session requests.
                       Each middleware must match the :type:`ClientMiddlewareType` signature.
-                      ``None`` (default) is used when no middleware is needed.
+                      ``()`` (empty tuple, default) is used when no middleware is needed.
                       See :ref:`aiohttp-client-middleware` for more information.
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.12