diff --git a/av/subtitles/subtitle.py b/av/subtitles/subtitle.py
index 68f85fd1d..cdf0e16ec 100644
--- a/av/subtitles/subtitle.py
+++ b/av/subtitles/subtitle.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def create(
         end: int,
         pts: int = 0,
         subtitle_format: int = 1,
-    ) -> "SubtitleSet":
+    ) -> SubtitleSet:
         """
         Create a SubtitleSet for encoding.