diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py
index 8cc1d2b5e3..b1b7ecd138 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/collect_anatomy_instance_data.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class CollectAnatomyInstanceData(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         """
 
         hierarchy_queue = collections.deque()
-        hierarchy_queue.append(hierarchy_context)
+        hierarchy_queue.append(copy.deepcopy(hierarchy_context))
         while hierarchy_queue:
             item = hierarchy_queue.popleft()
             if asset_name in item: