diff --git a/libs/fese/__init__.py b/libs/fese/__init__.py
index e22c03152..243201ef2 100755
--- a/libs/fese/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/fese/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 from .container import FFprobeVideoContainer
 from .stream import FFprobeSubtitleStream
 
-__version__ = "0.2.5"
+__version__ = "0.2.6"
diff --git a/libs/fese/stream.py b/libs/fese/stream.py
index 340951380..1685239ce 100755
--- a/libs/fese/stream.py
+++ b/libs/fese/stream.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class FFprobeSubtitleStream:
         )
         self.disposition = FFprobeSubtitleDisposition(stream.get("disposition", {}))
 
-        if stream.get("tags") is not None:
-            self.disposition.update_from_tags(stream["tags"])
+        self.disposition.update_from_tags(stream.get("tags", {}) or {})
 
     def convert_args(self, convert_format, outfile):
         """