diff --git a/packages/web3-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/web3-utils/src/index.ts
index e5f467ec5f8..23eb49dde9a 100644
--- a/packages/web3-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ export * from './web3_eip1193_provider.js';
 export * from './socket_provider.js';
 export * from './uint8array.js';
 // for backwards compatibility with v1
-export {AbiItem} from 'web3-types';
\ No newline at end of file
+export { AbiItem } from 'web3-types';
diff --git a/packages/web3-utils/src/objects.ts b/packages/web3-utils/src/objects.ts
index 4ed6c328ef8..6417465e57b 100644
--- a/packages/web3-utils/src/objects.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-utils/src/objects.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export const mergeDeep = (
 	destination: Record<string, unknown>,
 	...sources: Record<string, unknown>[]
 ): Record<string, unknown> => {
-	const result = destination; // clone deep here
+	const result = { ...destination }; // clone deep here
 	if (!isIterable(result)) {
 		return result;
 	}