diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessor.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessor.java
index 8c684bfb65..d84c9e47be 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessor.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessor.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ private void setSdk(final @NotNull SentryBaseEvent event) {
 
   private void setTags(final @NotNull SentryBaseEvent event) {
     if (event.getTags() == null) {
-      event.setTags(new HashMap<>(options.getTags()));
+      event.setTags(options.getTags());
     } else {
       for (Map.Entry<String, String> item : options.getTags().entrySet()) {
         if (!event.getTags().containsKey(item.getKey())) {
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
index 5ac81c4493..07344e5796 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/SentryClient.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
@@ -1423,7 +1422,7 @@ public void captureBatchedMetricsEvents(final @NotNull SentryMetricsEvents metri
       event.setUser(scope.getUser());
     }
     if (event.getTags() == null) {
-      event.setTags(new HashMap<>(scope.getTags()));
+      event.setTags(scope.getTags());
     } else {
       for (Map.Entry<String, String> item : scope.getTags().entrySet()) {
         if (!event.getTags().containsKey(item.getKey())) {
@@ -1481,7 +1480,7 @@ public void captureBatchedMetricsEvents(final @NotNull SentryMetricsEvents metri
         replayEvent.setUser(scope.getUser());
       }
       if (replayEvent.getTags() == null) {
-        replayEvent.setTags(new HashMap<>(scope.getTags()));
+        replayEvent.setTags(scope.getTags());
       } else {
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> item : scope.getTags().entrySet()) {
           if (!replayEvent.getTags().containsKey(item.getKey())) {
@@ -1521,7 +1520,7 @@ public void captureBatchedMetricsEvents(final @NotNull SentryMetricsEvents metri
         sentryBaseEvent.setUser(scope.getUser());
       }
       if (sentryBaseEvent.getTags() == null) {
-        sentryBaseEvent.setTags(new HashMap<>(scope.getTags()));
+        sentryBaseEvent.setTags(scope.getTags());
       } else {
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> item : scope.getTags().entrySet()) {
           if (!sentryBaseEvent.getTags().containsKey(item.getKey())) {
@@ -1535,7 +1534,7 @@ public void captureBatchedMetricsEvents(final @NotNull SentryMetricsEvents metri
         sortBreadcrumbsByDate(sentryBaseEvent, scope.getBreadcrumbs());
       }
       if (sentryBaseEvent.getExtras() == null) {
-        sentryBaseEvent.setExtras(new HashMap<>(scope.getExtras()));
+        sentryBaseEvent.setExtras(scope.getExtras());
       } else {
         for (Map.Entry<String, Object> item : scope.getExtras().entrySet()) {
           if (!sentryBaseEvent.getExtras().containsKey(item.getKey())) {
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessorTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessorTest.kt
index 229fd57187..fe5c835c90 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/MainEventProcessorTest.kt
@@ -358,6 +358,19 @@ class MainEventProcessorTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `options tags are copied when applied to event`() {
+    val sut = fixture.getSut(tags = mapOf("tag1" to "value1"))
+    val event = SentryEvent()
+
+    sut.process(event, Hint())
+    val eventTags = event.tags!!
+
+    fixture.sentryOptions.setTag("tag2", "value2")
+
+    assertFalse(eventTags.containsKey("tag2"))
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `when event has a tag set with the same name as SentryOptions tags, the tag value from the event is retained`() {
     val sut = fixture.getSut(tags = mapOf("tag1" to "value1", "tag2" to "value2"))
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
index d5b2f0f82a..07204f9d72 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/SentryClientTest.kt
@@ -534,6 +534,24 @@ class SentryClientTest {
     assertNotNull(event.request) { assertEquals("post", it.method) }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `when captureEvent applies scope tags and extras, event map containers are copied`() {
+    val event = SentryEvent()
+    val scope = createScope()
+
+    val sut = fixture.getSut()
+
+    sut.captureEvent(event, scope)
+    val eventTags = event.tags!!
+    val eventExtras = event.extras!!
+
+    scope.setTag("newTag", "newValue")
+    scope.setExtra("newExtra", "newValue")
+
+    assertFalse(eventTags.containsKey("newTag"))
+    assertFalse(eventExtras.containsKey("newExtra"))
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `when breadcrumbs are not empty, sort them out by date`() {
     val b1 = Breadcrumb(DateUtils.getDateTime("2020-03-27T08:52:58.001Z"))
diff --git a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryBaseEventSerializationTest.kt b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryBaseEventSerializationTest.kt
index 4cafb1ed8a..35322d2659 100644
--- a/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryBaseEventSerializationTest.kt
+++ b/sentry/src/test/java/io/sentry/protocol/SentryBaseEventSerializationTest.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.sentry.SentryBaseEvent
 import io.sentry.SentryIntegrationPackageStorage
 import io.sentry.vendor.gson.stream.JsonToken
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFalse
 import org.junit.After
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -102,4 +103,26 @@ class SentryBaseEventSerializationTest {
 
     assertEquals(expectedJson, actualJson)
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `setTags copies source map`() {
+    val source = mutableMapOf("a" to "1")
+    val sut = Sut()
+
+    sut.tags = source
+    source["b"] = "2"
+
+    assertFalse(sut.tags!!.containsKey("b"))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `setExtras copies source map`() {
+    val source = mutableMapOf<String, Any>("a" to "1")
+    val sut = Sut()
+
+    sut.setExtras(source)
+    source["b"] = "2"
+
+    assertFalse(sut.extras!!.containsKey("b"))
+  }
 }