diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py
index 57c1050e3ce94..77f96d590cc5e 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ def create_tasks(task):
             if isinstance(task, TaskGroup):
                 return task_group_map[task.group_id]
 
-            new_task = copy.deepcopy(task)
+            new_task = copy.copy(task)
 
             # Only overwrite the specific attributes we want to change
             new_task.task_id = task.task_id