diff --git a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py
index 8f791a6093..b601a3fc29 100644
--- a/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py
+++ b/openpype/plugins/publish/extract_hierarchy_to_ayon.py
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class ExtractHierarchyToAYON(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
         project_item = None
         project_children_context = None
-        for key, value in context.data["hierarchyContext"].items():
+        hierarchy_context = copy.deepcopy(context.data["hierarchyContext"])
+        for key, value in hierarchy_context.items():
             project_item = copy.deepcopy(value)
             project_children_context = project_item.pop("childs", None)
             project_item["name"] = key