diff --git a/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts b/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts
index b10b2ec1..54490d57 100644
--- a/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts
+++ b/src/isHotkeyPressed.ts
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ import { isHotkeyModifier, mapKey } from './parseHotkeys'
 
 const currentlyPressedKeys: Set<string> = new Set<string>()
 
-export function isHotkeyPressed(key: string | string[], splitKey = ','): boolean {
-  const hotkeyArray = Array.isArray(key) ? key : key.split(splitKey)
+// https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/17002
+export function isReadonlyArray(value: unknown): value is readonly unknown[] {
+  return Array.isArray(value)
+}
+
+export function isHotkeyPressed(key: string | readonly string[], splitKey = ','): boolean {
+  const hotkeyArray = isReadonlyArray(key) ? key : key.split(splitKey)
 
   return hotkeyArray.every((hotkey) => currentlyPressedKeys.has(hotkey.trim().toLowerCase()))
 }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index a99c6fbc..a5181c29 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { DependencyList } from 'react'
 
 export type FormTags = 'input' | 'textarea' | 'select' | 'INPUT' | 'TEXTAREA' | 'SELECT'
-export type Keys = string | string[]
-export type Scopes = string | string[]
+export type Keys = string | readonly string[]
+export type Scopes = string | readonly string[]
 
 export type RefType<T> = T | null
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export type KeyboardModifiers = {
 }
 
 export type Hotkey = KeyboardModifiers & {
-  keys?: string[]
+  keys?: readonly string[]
   scopes?: Scopes
   description?: string
 }
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export type Trigger = boolean | ((keyboardEvent: KeyboardEvent, hotkeysEvent: Ho
 
 export type Options = {
   enabled?: Trigger // Main setting that determines if the hotkey is enabled or not. (Default: true)
-  enableOnFormTags?: FormTags[] | boolean // Enable hotkeys on a list of tags. (Default: false)
+  enableOnFormTags?: readonly FormTags[] | boolean // Enable hotkeys on a list of tags. (Default: false)
   enableOnContentEditable?: boolean // Enable hotkeys on tags with contentEditable props. (Default: false)
   ignoreEventWhen?: (e: KeyboardEvent) => boolean // Ignore evenets based on a condition (Default: undefined)
   combinationKey?: string // Character to split keys in hotkeys combinations. (Default: +)
diff --git a/src/useHotkeys.ts b/src/useHotkeys.ts
index fd22fd21..74c573b6 100644
--- a/src/useHotkeys.ts
+++ b/src/useHotkeys.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
 import { useHotkeysContext } from './HotkeysProvider'
 import { useBoundHotkeysProxy } from './BoundHotkeysProxyProvider'
 import useDeepEqualMemo from './useDeepEqualMemo'
-import { pushToCurrentlyPressedKeys, removeFromCurrentlyPressedKeys } from './isHotkeyPressed'
+import { isReadonlyArray, pushToCurrentlyPressedKeys, removeFromCurrentlyPressedKeys } from './isHotkeyPressed'
 
 const stopPropagation = (e: KeyboardEvent): void => {
   e.stopPropagation()
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default function useHotkeys<T extends HTMLElement>(
     : !(dependencies instanceof Array)
     ? (dependencies as Options)
     : undefined
-  const _keys: string = keys instanceof Array ? keys.join(_options?.splitKey) : keys
+  const _keys: string = isReadonlyArray(keys ) ? keys.join(_options?.splitKey) : keys
   const _deps: DependencyList | undefined =
     options instanceof Array ? options : dependencies instanceof Array ? dependencies : undefined
 
diff --git a/src/validators.ts b/src/validators.ts
index 59081bcf..629cc783 100644
--- a/src/validators.ts
+++ b/src/validators.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { FormTags, Hotkey, Scopes, Trigger } from './types'
-import { isHotkeyPressed } from './isHotkeyPressed'
+import { isHotkeyPressed, isReadonlyArray } from './isHotkeyPressed'
 import { mapKey } from './parseHotkeys'
 
 export function maybePreventDefault(e: KeyboardEvent, hotkey: Hotkey, preventDefault?: Trigger): void {
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ export function isKeyboardEventTriggeredByInput(ev: KeyboardEvent): boolean {
   return isHotkeyEnabledOnTag(ev, ['input', 'textarea', 'select'])
 }
 
-export function isHotkeyEnabledOnTag({ target }: KeyboardEvent, enabledOnTags: FormTags[] | boolean = false): boolean {
+export function isHotkeyEnabledOnTag({ target }: KeyboardEvent, enabledOnTags: readonly FormTags[] | boolean = false): boolean {
   const targetTagName = target && (target as HTMLElement).tagName
 
-  if (enabledOnTags instanceof Array) {
+  if (isReadonlyArray(enabledOnTags)) {
     return Boolean(
       targetTagName && enabledOnTags && enabledOnTags.some((tag) => tag.toLowerCase() === targetTagName.toLowerCase())
     )
diff --git a/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx b/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx
index 4de1c515..5d0db463 100644
--- a/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ test('should listen to multiple hotkeys', async () => {
   expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
 })
 
-test('should be able to parse first argument as string or array', async () => {
+test('should be able to parse first argument as string, array or readonly array', async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup()
   const callback = jest.fn()
 
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ test('should be able to parse first argument as string or array', async () => {
   await user.keyboard('B')
 
   expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+
+  rerender({ keys: ['a', 'c'] as const })
+
+  await user.keyboard('C')
+
+  expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
 })
 
 test('should listen to combinations with modifiers', async () => {
@@ -457,7 +463,7 @@ test('should be disabled on form tags by default', async () => {
 test('should be enabled on given form tags', async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup()
   const callback = jest.fn()
-  const Component = ({ cb, enableOnFormTags }: { cb: HotkeyCallback; enableOnFormTags?: FormTags[] }) => {
+  const Component = ({ cb, enableOnFormTags }: { cb: HotkeyCallback; enableOnFormTags?: readonly FormTags[] }) => {
     useHotkeys<HTMLDivElement>('a', cb, { enableOnFormTags })
 
     return <input type={'text'} data-testid={'form-tag'} />