diff --git a/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py b/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py
index edb1b65c715..05634d506b7 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/container_endpoints/ownership.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def _get_response_id(response: Any) -> Optional[str]:
 
 def _dump_response(response: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     if isinstance(response, dict):
-        return response
+        return dict(response)
     if hasattr(response, "model_dump"):
         return response.model_dump()
     if hasattr(response, "dict"):
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py b/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py
index 576e25bbbad..8ebfd3ab6f7 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/containers/test_container_proxy_ownership.py
@@ -57,6 +57,35 @@ async def test_should_record_container_owner_with_original_provider_id(monkeypat
     assert data["created_by"] == "user-1"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_should_not_mutate_dict_container_response_when_recording_owner(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+    table = AsyncMock()
+    table.find_unique.return_value = None
+    prisma_client = SimpleNamespace(
+        db=SimpleNamespace(litellm_managedobjecttable=table)
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        ownership,
+        "_get_prisma_client",
+        AsyncMock(return_value=prisma_client),
+    )
+    auth = UserAPIKeyAuth(user_id="user-1")
+    response = {"id": "cntr_provider", "object": "container"}
+
+    returned = await ownership.record_container_owner(
+        response=response,
+        user_api_key_dict=auth,
+        custom_llm_provider="openai",
+    )
+
+    assert returned == {"id": "cntr_provider", "object": "container"}
+    data = table.create.await_args.kwargs["data"]
+    assert data["file_object"]["custom_llm_provider"] == "openai"
+    assert data["file_object"]["provider_container_id"] == "cntr_provider"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_should_record_team_owner_for_keys_without_user_id(monkeypatch):
     table = AsyncMock()