diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/AboutCommand.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/AboutCommand.php
index 26fa04446df9..77de686f958f 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/AboutCommand.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/AboutCommand.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ protected function gatherApplicationInformation()
      */
     protected function determineStoragePathLinkStatus(callable $formatStorageLinkedStatus): array
     {
-        return collect(config('filesystems.links', []))
+        return (new Collection(config('filesystems.links', [])))
             ->mapWithKeys(function ($target, $link) use ($formatStorageLinkedStatus) {
                 $path = Str::replace(public_path(), '', $link);
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php b/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
index 8695535899e8..995ed0865741 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Http/Request.php
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public function merge(array $input)
     {
         return tap($this, function (Request $request) use ($input) {
             $request->getInputSource()
-                ->replace(collect($input)->reduce(
+                ->replace((new Collection($input))->reduce(
                     fn ($requestInput, $value, $key) => data_set($requestInput, $key, $value),
                     $this->getInputSource()->all()
                 ));
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php b/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php
index ea4d3793148d..9ad041a160db 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Testing/TestResponse.php
@@ -989,11 +989,16 @@ public function assertOnlyJsonValidationErrors($errors, $responseKey = 'errors')
 
         $jsonErrors = Arr::get($this->json(), $responseKey) ?? [];
 
-        $expectedErrorKeys = collect($errors)->map(fn ($value, $key) => is_int($key) ? $value : $key)->all();
+        $expectedErrorKeys = (new Collection($errors))
+            ->map(fn ($value, $key) => is_int($key) ? $value : $key)
+            ->all();
 
         $unexpectedErrorKeys = Arr::except($jsonErrors, $expectedErrorKeys);
 
-        PHPUnit::withResponse($this)->assertTrue(count($unexpectedErrorKeys) === 0, 'Response has unexpected validation errors: '.collect($unexpectedErrorKeys)->keys()->map(fn ($key) => "'{$key}'")->join(', '));
+        PHPUnit::withResponse($this)->assertTrue(
+            count($unexpectedErrorKeys) === 0,
+            'Response has unexpected validation errors: '.(new Collection($unexpectedErrorKeys))->keys()->map(fn ($key) => "'{$key}'")->join(', ')
+        );
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -1398,14 +1403,15 @@ public function assertOnlyInvalid($errors = null, $errorBag = 'default', $respon
             ->getBag($errorBag)
             ->getMessages();
 
-        $expectedErrorKeys = collect($errors)
-            ->map(fn ($value, $key) => is_int($key) ? $value : $key)->all();
+        $expectedErrorKeys = (new Collection($errors))
+            ->map(fn ($value, $key) => is_int($key) ? $value : $key)
+            ->all();
 
         $unexpectedErrorKeys = Arr::except($sessionErrors, $expectedErrorKeys);
 
         PHPUnit::withResponse($this)->assertTrue(
             count($unexpectedErrorKeys) === 0,
-            'Response has unexpected validation errors: '.collect($unexpectedErrorKeys)->keys()->map(fn ($key) => "'{$key}'")->join(', ')
+            'Response has unexpected validation errors: '.(new Collection($unexpectedErrorKeys))->keys()->map(fn ($key) => "'{$key}'")->join(', ')
         );
 
         return $this;