diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0c71f89..c56fa9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ style: sort-imports format  ## perform code style format (black, isort)
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:  ## check style with ruff
-	ruff $(pkg_src) $(tests_src)
+	ruff check $(pkg_src) $(tests_src)
 
 .PHONY: mypy
 mypy:  ## check type hint annotations
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb03761..af31a0b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ dev = [
     "asgi-lifespan",
     "psutil",
     "black>=23.11.0",
+    "ruff",
 ]
 
 [tool.isort]
diff --git a/sse_starlette/sse.py b/sse_starlette/sse.py
index 2104cb7..6863aad 100644
--- a/sse_starlette/sse.py
+++ b/sse_starlette/sse.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from starlette.concurrency import iterate_in_threadpool
 from starlette.responses import Response
 from starlette.types import Receive, Scope, Send
+from starlette.datastructures import MutableHeaders
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -196,14 +197,18 @@ def __init__(
         self.data_sender_callable = data_sender_callable
         self.send_timeout = send_timeout
 
-        _headers: dict[str, str] = {}
+        _headers = MutableHeaders()
         if headers is not None:  # pragma: no cover
             _headers.update(headers)
 
-        # mandatory for servers-sent events headers
+        # "The no-store response directive indicates that any caches of any kind (private or shared)
+        # should not store this response."
+        # -- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control
         # allow cache control header to be set by user to support fan out proxies
         # https://www.fastly.com/blog/server-sent-events-fastly
-        _headers.setdefault("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+
+        _headers.setdefault("Cache-Control", "no-store")
+        # mandatory for servers-sent events headers
         _headers["Connection"] = "keep-alive"
         _headers["X-Accel-Buffering"] = "no"
 
diff --git a/tests/test_event_source_response.py b/tests/test_event_source_response.py
index fa69e3f..c67fc1c 100644
--- a/tests/test_event_source_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_event_source_response.py
@@ -171,3 +171,36 @@ async def receive():
             await response({}, receive, send)
 
     assert cleanup
+
+
+def test_headers_with_override():
+    generator = range(1, 10)
+    response = EventSourceResponse(generator, ping=0.2)  # type: ignore
+    default_headers = dict((h.decode(), v.decode()) for h, v in response.raw_headers)
+    assert default_headers == {
+        "cache-control": "no-store",
+        "x-accel-buffering": "no",
+        "connection": "keep-alive",
+        "content-type": "text/event-stream; charset=utf-8",
+    }
+
+    custom_headers = {
+        # cache-control can be overridden
+        "cache-control": "no-cache",
+        # x-accel-buffering and connection cannot
+        "x-accel-buffering": "yes",
+        "connection": "close",
+        # other headers are allowed
+        "x-my-special-header": "37",
+    }
+    generator = range(1, 10)
+    response = EventSourceResponse(generator, headers=custom_headers, ping=0.2)  # type: ignore
+    override_headers = dict((h.decode(), v.decode()) for h, v in response.raw_headers)
+
+    assert override_headers == {
+        "cache-control": "no-cache",
+        "x-accel-buffering": "no",
+        "connection": "keep-alive",
+        "x-my-special-header": "37",
+        "content-type": "text/event-stream; charset=utf-8",
+    }