diff --git a/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py b/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py
index 2ea722a37..b9811e7d5 100644
--- a/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py
+++ b/volatility3/cli/volshell/generic.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Volshell(interfaces.plugins.PluginInterface):
         return reqs
 
     def run(
-        self, additional_locals: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+        self, additional_locals: Dict[str, Any] = None
     ) -> interfaces.renderers.TreeGrid:
         """Runs the interactive volshell plugin.
 
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ class Volshell(interfaces.plugins.PluginInterface):
             Return a TreeGrid but this is always empty since the point of this plugin is to run interactively
         """
 
+        if additional_locals is None:
+            additional_locals = {}
+
         # Try to enable tab completion
         if not has_ipython:
             try: